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Fouka, Vasiliki (Data de defensa: 2015-06-20)
This thesis examines how culture | in the sense of identity and preferences | relates to economic decision-making. The rst chapter investigates how a prohibition of their native language in school a ...
Herz, Benedikt (Data de defensa: 2015-02-23)
This thesis consists of three essays. In the first essay, I empirically evaluate the importance of wait unemployment. Instead of taking the next best job, a displaced worker has an incentive to stay ...
Ordeñana Rodríguez, Xavier (Data de defensa: 2015-11-18)
This thesis presents three essays on emerging Markets, with a special emphasis in Ecuador. The thesis uses both individual level (Chapter 1) and firm level data (Chapter 2) from Ecuador. Using dynamic ...
Li, Zhao (Data de defensa: 2015-12-21)
This dissertation investigates two issues: (1) banks' funding liquidity risk and its implications, and (2) the optimal design of CEO compensation contracts. The first chapter analyzes the interaction ...
Schmitz, Tom (Data de defensa: 2015-10-02)
In this thesis, I show that macroeconomic models which take into account firm- and industrylevel heterogeneity provide a more precise understanding of productivity growth dynamics than models with ...
Amodio, Francesco (Data de defensa: 2015-06-11)
This thesis provides an empirical investigation of externalities and social interaction mechanisms in various settings. In the first chapter, I show how input heterogeneity triggers productivity spillovers ...
Martínez Carrasco, Miguel Ángel (Data de defensa: 2015-06-22)
New managerial practices are not use on isolation. Managers use different organizational tools to maximize their firm’s profits and they interact with the pre-established practices of the company. ...
Ambrocio, Gene (Data de defensa: 2015-09-29)
This dissertation focuses on learning and expectations formation in Macroeconomics and Finance and the role of information production in shaping macroeconomic fluctuations. The first chapter provides ...
Valencia Caicedo, Felipe (Data de defensa: 2015-06-30)
This dissertation investigates economic persistence in the Americas. The first chapter shows the positive long-term economic impact of the Guarani Jesuit Missions in South America. I find that ...
Chapsal, Antoine (Data de defensa: 2015-02-06)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate different topics in competition policy. The first chapter empirically analyzes the consequences of the subsidies that were granted to some coalfields during ...