Marini, Matteo Maria (Date of defense: 2019-02-26)
In the first chapter of the dissertation I conduct a laboratory experiment in order to study the effect of incidental sadness and happiness on risky decision making. The analysis reveals that both ...
Provenzano, Giulia (Date of defense: 2017-09-11)
The global financial crisis of 2007-2009 has demonstrated that the financial system should be regarded as a complex network whose nodes are financial institutions and links are financial dependencies. ...
Aparicio-Pérez, Daniel (Date of defense: 2024-01-26)
This thesis investigates the impact of institutions on economic growth and development, a key area in economic research. While recognizing the broad consensus on the importance of institutions, it delves ...