Zagorisiou, Angeliki (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)
The systemic role of foreign banks in the CESEE region coupled with the turbulence in financial markets back in 2008, have given rise to the study at hand. Some years after the global crisis, it is a ...
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. ...
Wu, Minzhi (Date of defense: 2023-10-06)
Over the past decade, the emergence of FinTech has reshaped the landscape of the financial sector worldwide. Although there are several alternative approaches to defining FinTech, a worldwide and generally ...
Fernández-Yáñez, José María (Date of defense: 2022-11-17)
Sustainability performance requires reconciling an economic return with a reduction of business impact on the environment and ensuring social well-being. To improve sustainability performance, knowledge ...
Martínez Meyers, Susana (Date of defense: 2022-11-30)
With the growth of SRI funds concerns on doubts about their relative performance have increased. In our systematic literature review, we conclude that the vast majority (67%) of the empirical studies ...
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 ...