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Essays on the Industrial Organization of Telecommunications
La tesis consiste en tres diferentes ensayos que analizan de forma teórica distintos temas relacionados con la organización industrial de las telecomunicaciones. El primer ensayo trata de competencia oligopólica en los ...
Essays on the influence of schooling on artisanal fishing in Colombia
En general, la falta de oportunidades de ingresos alternativos es un problema que afecta a la pesca en pequeña escala, tanto marina como continental. Debido a esto, los pescadores intensifican el esfuerzo pesquero. Por ...
Essays on the Informal Sector in Developing Countries: The Colombian Case
En el primer capítulo se analizan los factores que afectan la decisión de estar empleado en el sector formal o informal teniendo en cuenta que existe un racionamiento de puestos de empleo formales y por tanto una cola de ...
Essays on the internationalisation process of Spanish companies in China
L’objectiu de la present tesis es identificar les formes d’entrada de l’empresa espanyola a la Xina, les barreres que hi troben, així com els factors determinants de l’èxit de la seva inversió a l’exterior. S’utilitza una ...
Essays on the labor market
El mercado laboral es un tema importante e interesante en para el análisis económico. En esta tesis me propongo aumentar marginalmente nuestro conocimiento del mercado de trabajo. En particular, me centro en el desempleo ...
Essays on the Liquidity Trap, Oil Shocks, and the Great Moderation
The thesis studies three distinct issues in monetary economics using a common dynamic general equilibrium approach under the assumptions of rational expectations and nominal price rigidity.<br/> The first chapter deals ...
Essays on the macroeconomics of labor markets
This thesis sheds light on several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. The first chapter focuses on the impact of dual labor markets on human capital investment. Using a large dataset of the Spanish Social Security the ...
Essays on the macroeconomics of labor markets
This thesis investigates several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. First chapter finds that in the US more educated individuals experience lower and less volatile unemployment due to a lower hazard rate of losing ...
Essays on the Macroeconomics of Long-Term Relationships
This thesis consists of three chapters on theoretical macroeconomics, each one examining the consequences of long-term relationships between economic agents. In the first chapter, the relationships in question are ...
Essays on the Mexican stock market
This thesis can be seen as a collection of three papers analyzing several facets of the Mexican stock market, each of them with their own objectives, hypothesis and methodology. The objective of the first chapter is to ...
Essays on the optimal choice of exchange rate regime in emerging countries
This thesis comprises three empirical studies about the consequences of full dollarization for three major economic factors: (1) the exchange rate pass-through, (2) fiscal sustainability, and (3) bond market behavior. The ...
Essays on the pharmaceutical industry
El objetivo de esta tesis ha sido la de proporcionar un análisis económico sobre varios temas que rodean l industria farmacéutica. Mientras llevaba a cabo mi investigación, observe que la mayor parte de la investigación ...
Essays on the political economy of development
This thesis consists of three chapters about political economy in China. The first chapter focuses on the interregional trade. Taking advantages of direct allocations of regional leaders by central government in China, ...
Essays on the Political Economy of Government Fragmentation
This PhD thesis presents empirical evidence about the effects of political fragmentation on some of the main political challenges society has faced to date in the 21st century. For governments to behave in their citizens’ ...
Essays on the Political Economy of Local Corruption
This dissertation analyses the effects of information on corruption cases on citizens’ electoral behaviour and the media coverage of those scandals. Corruption, defined as the abuse of public office for private gain, has ...
Essays on the political economy of mass media
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 ban on the politically ...
Essays on the Political Economy of Urbanization and Climate Change
The world has been urbanizing at an incredible pace during the last century. Meanwhile, the global rise in temperatures has led to the increased probabilities of gradual and sudden natural disasters, putting large shares ...
Essays on the Relationship between the Integration of Management Systems and Sustainability
[eng] This thesis explores the intersection of (integrated) management systems (MSs) and sustainability, aiming to provide insights into how organisations can foster their corporate sustainability performance (CSP). It ...
Essays on the role of moocs in the context of contemporary higher education
Aquesta investigació es centra en el paper dels MOOC: molts estudis rellevants tenen ben documentats els comportaments dels estudiants envers els MOOC, però pocs han discutit l'impacte dels MOOC des de les perspectives de ...
Essays on the role of social status and beliefs on intergenerational mobility
Estos ensayos realizan una contribución teórica y empírica para la mejor comprensión del papel del estatus social en la movilidad intergeneracional de ingresos. Teorías sociológicas enfatizan el papel del estatus social ...
