Ilango, Akhil (Date of defense: 2023-04-13)
This thesis contains three chapters, each developing a theory and providing evidence on a unique and novel determinant of firms’ outcomes in the emerging and developed economies of 21st century. The ...
Gavan, Malachy James (Date of defense: 2023-05-29)
This thesis aims to understand negotiations over the behaviour agents will take in a game and, separately, robust implementation. Chapter 1 examines the binding agreements that result from a negotiation ...
Costa, Josep (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
This thesis develops normative arguments about nationalism in multinational contexts. It draws consequences from the arguments used by advocates of nationalism, and analyzes their implications for a ...
Sánchez de la Sierra, Laura (Date of defense: 2023-12-12)
The philosophical discussion on climate change and migration to date has focused mainly on the case ‘sinking islands’. Though critical, this case represents only a small fraction of the empirical and ...
Mantovani, Cristiano (Date of defense: 2023-06-09)
This dissertation contains three essays on macroeconomics and economic geography. In the first Chapter, I study the evolution of hours worked. I develop a model of the labor market and use the model ...
Altadill Balsells, Mireia (Date of defense: 2023-06-30)
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) causes a prevalent lifelong infection in all human populations. Although the course is generally mild and the virus remains latent, HCMV can cause severe disorders in ...
Chapin, Kayla (Date of defense: 2023-06-30)
Linguistic characteristics of spontaneous connected speech are showing increasing potential for detecting and tracking cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease, and could be particularly suitable to ...
Palomo Lario, Carlos (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
This doctoral dissertation analyses the differences between young people with an immigrant background and natives (without an immigrant background) in educational expectations and the educational pathways ...
Ohanyan, Narek (Date of defense: 2023-06-07)
This thesis studies the optimal conduct of monetary policy in the presence of nominal and informational frictions. The first chapter studies the optimal policy in a small open economy model with ...
Pérez Peiró, Maria (Date of defense: 2023-03-28)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients may present different types of systemic manifestations. Iron deficiency (ID) (Fe, an essential nutritional element) is common and can negatively ...