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Armas, Cynthia (Date of defense: 2022-06-15)
Besides introduction and conclusions, the thesis is composed by three theoretical and empirical chapters that investigate the allocation of skilled workers during structural transformation. Specifically, the second chapter ...
Duchini, Emma (Date of defense: 2016-10-05)
This thesis examines the role of public policies and institutions in fostering human capital formation and utilization. In the first chapter, I analyze the impact of college remedial courses on students’ performance and ...
Conte, Alessandra (Date of defense: 2015-02-24)
Esta tesis doctoral tiene como objetivo profundizar el conocimiento de los principales determinantes de la delincuencia y de la violencia, en las regiones en desarrollo y en las desarrolladas. La tesis busca informar el ...
Cuhadaroglu, Tugce (Date of defense: 2013-09-30)
Uno de los principales problemas en economía siempre ha sido entender y formalizar la relación dinámica entre lo individual y lo social. Esta tesis incluye dos perspectivas complementarias para explorar esta importante ...
Melguizo López, Isabel (Date of defense: 2016-07-14)
Los individuos a menudo exhiben robustos patrones de comportamiento al relacionarse con otros y cuando toman decisiones económicas. Por ejemplo, tienden a interactuar de manera desproporcionada con otros similares a ellos. ...
Marco Renau, Jorge (Date of defense: 2018-07-16)
This thesis revisits the problem of the tragedy of the commons. We analyze the role of social networks and social pressure as driving forces for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable ...
Okcuoglu, Dilan (Date of defense: 2017-10-09)
Human behavior is strongly affected by social factors such as norms or social pressure, and economic decision making is not an exception. The impact of self and social image considerations is well documented in decisions ...
Brutti, Filippo (Date of defense: 2010-02-11)
Income growth is much more volatile in developing countries than in developed ones. One argument is that weak legal and political institutions exacerbate macroeconomic shocks precipitating the economy into widespread crises. ...
Lanau Grau, Sergi (Date of defense: 2008-10-22)
Aquesta tesis anal.litza les Clausules d'Acció Col.lectiva i les Clàusules de Precedència quan: 1) el repagament és endogen i depèn d'un esforç de lobbying dels creditors. 2) el litigi és purament redistributiu. Hi ha una ...
Miranda Gualdron, Karen Alejandra (Date of defense: 2018-06-29)
Aquesta tesi proposa una metodologia per identificar i estimar externalitats espacials associades als efectes inviduals en models per a dades de panell. La clau d'aquest nou enfocament és l'ús d'una especificació d'efectes ...
Lee, Adam (Date of defense: 2022-07-29)
This thesis consists of three chapters which relate to problems of statistical inference in (potentially) non-regular semiparametric models. Chapter 1 considers hypothesis testing problems in semiparametric models which ...
Weinke, Lutz (Date of defense: 2005-03-31)
La tesis estudia la relación entre las inversiones y la inflación. El primer capitulo muestra que esta relación es más simple (en el contexto de un modelo del tipo neo-keynesiano) de lo que la literatura anterior ha ...
Garofalo, Arianna (Date of defense: 2023-02-06)
[eng] The thesis is composed of an introduction, conclusions, and three chapters that investigate three characteristics of developing countries: structural change, fertility, and informality. In Chapter 2, co-authored ...
Aral, Öykü H. (Date of defense: 2022-05-24)
El clima està canviant, i les accions humanes en són les principals responsables. Per tant, comprendre la naturalesa dels comportaments ambientals dels consumidors ajudarà a dissenyar millors polítiques ambientals per a ...
Garrón Vedia, Ignacio (Date of defense: 2023-07-14)
[eng] This thesis contributes to two problems identified in the literature: i) How do US financial conditions impact funding markets (credit and stocks) in a large set of countries around the world under different scenarios ...
Salvadori, Luca (Date of defense: 2015-04-27)
Tax administration is central to the working of any tax system. This thesis focuses on the Spanish case and proves the existence of two kind of externalities that might arise in tax administration policies when decentralized. ...
Figueiredo, Ana (Date of defense: 2018-09-28)
This thesis studies the mechanisms behind talent misallocation, how it varies over the business cycle and its implications for wage cyclicality. The first chapter shows that uncertainty about education returns has an ...
Pérez Rubiales, Elena (Date of defense: 2014-12-04)
Ensayos sobre la experiencia de ver arte en museos: un análisis desde la sociología cultural se estructura entorno a dos trabajos de investigación sobre las dimensiones emocional y social de ...
Soto, Paul Eduardo (Date of defense: 2018-07-02)
This thesis contributes to the understanding of how banks shift their supply of credit when confronted with uncertainty, regulatory supervision and macroprudential policies. The first chapter proposes a new index to detect ...
Llorens Llorens, Vanesa (Date of defense: 2019-02-22)
[eng] This dissertation thesis analyzes the determinants of the capital ratio of banks and also the dynamics of the leverage ratio, exploring the driving forces of the issuance of debt and capital instruments. My thesis ...