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Djourelova, Milena (Fecha de defensa: 2021-07-26)
This dissertation studies three questions on the political economy of mass media. The first chapter examines the effects of media slant on public policy views, exploiting an experiment created by a ...
Gomis Porquet, Roger Magí (Fecha de defensa: 2018-02-16)
In this thesis I analyze 3 current empirical questions of interest in macroeconomics. The first concerns the effect of competition on cash holdings. The large increase in cash held by US firms has ...
Jarocinska, Elena (Fecha de defensa: 2006-10-27)
Esta tesis investiga la economía política de las transferencias intergubernamentales. Se centra en los factores políticos que determinan la asignación de fondos bajo control de gobiernos centrales a las ...
Zanarone, Giorgio (Fecha de defensa: 2008-09-10)
Mi tesis utiliza la noción de contrato relacional para explicar pautas aparentemente contraintuitivas de organización vertical. El primer capitulo muestra que, cuando existen externalidades entre empresas, ...
Dorich Doig, José Antonio (Fecha de defensa: 2008-07-03)
El modelo Neo Keynesiano estándar ha sido una de las herramientas más influyentes en debates sobre dinámica macroeconómica, política monetaria y bienestar. Además, este modelo constituye una pieza ...
Pagà Peris, Roger (Fecha de defensa: 2016-11-02)
The present thesis focuses on three topics within the domain of consumer behavior: self-regulation, the psychological consequences of money, and consumption rituals. The first chapter, devoted to ...
Gerardino Gutiérrez, María Paula (Fecha de defensa: 2014-12-17)
This thesis investigates various aspects of economic development. In the first chapter, I study the impact of violence on human capital investments, focusing mainly on the relationship between male-biased ...
Sessa, Luca (Fecha de defensa: 2011-07-27)
This thesis tackles three different issues of relevance for economic policy, with an explicit reference to the Euro area. Does the inclusion of monetary targeting in a monetary policy strategy improve ...
Pina, Gonçalo (Fecha de defensa: 2013-01-21)
This thesis investigates two economic policy dimensions in contemporary world economy. The first chapter focuses on the recent accumulation of international reserves by central banks in developing ...
Wang, Xinghua (Fecha de defensa: 2020-06-29)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate the external validity of social preference games. Chapter 1 reveals the context-dependent nature of human social behavior and shows that it is possible ...