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    Essays on Macroeconomics and Textual Analysis 

    Martín Vilató, Zoel (Date of defense: 2023-07-07)

    Aquesta tesi conté tres assaigs sobre macroeconomia i anàlisi textual. En el primer capítol, estudio l’impacte de la polarització política sobre les polítiques mediambientals utilitzant propostes de llei de les ...

    Essays on Malliavin Calculus in Finance 

    Pravosud, Makar (Date of defense: 2024-03-01)

    In this thesis we study the asymptotic behaviour of the at-the-money skew and the level of the implied volatility of a European, an Asian, Inverse and Quanto Inverse call options under a general stochastic volatility ...

    Essays on marital sorting and fertility 

    Goñi i Tràfach, Marc (Date of defense: 2015-04-27)

    This thesis examines the interactions between marital patterns, inequality, and fertility. In the first chapter I analyze the impact of search frictions on marital assortative matching. I exploit a temporary interruption ...

    Essays on Market Power 

    Deb, Shubhdeep (Date of defense: 2024-06-27)

    This thesis consists of three chapters that explore how firm’s behaviour impacts worker outcomes, focusing specifically on the implications of market power on entrepreneurship, wages and inequality. The first chapter ...

    Essays on monetary and fiscal policy 

    Pescatori, Andrea (Date of defense: 2006-12-18)

    The thesis is divided into three chapters.<br/><br/>1) I study how monetary policy should be optimally designed when households show financial wealth heterogeneity.<br/>Main results: thanks to its ability to affect interest ...

    Essays on monetary economics 

    Pappa, Evi (Date of defense: 2001-11-22)

    The thesis consists of three chapters: Chapter 2 investigates, in the context of a two-country model with monopolistic competition and price stickiness, the implications for macroeconomic stability and the welfare ...

    Essays on monetary economics 

    Evans, Christopher Michael (Date of defense: 2020-10-16)

    This thesis consists of three chapters on monetary economics. In the first chapter, I explore if a benchmark Heterogeneous Agent New Keynesian (HANK) model fits the heterogeneous response of monetary policy shocks observed ...

    Essays on monetary economics 

    Manea, Cristina (Date of defense: 2020-04-30)

    In my PhD thesis, I extend the basic New Keynesian (NK) model (Galí (2015), Woodford (2003)) on three distinct dimensions. (i) In the first chapter, I introduce endogenous money creation by private banks (``inside-money''). ...

    Essays on monetary economics and applied macroeconomics 

    Zhang, Donghai (Date of defense: 2018-07-02)

    This thesis consists three chapters on topics in monetary economics and applied macroeconomics. In the first chapter, I consider a framework where the central bank has private information about future economic conditions. ...

    Essays on monetary economics and financial stability 

    Kanngiesser, Derrick (Date of defense: 2018-11-16)

    This dissertation consists of three chapters related to questions in monetary economics and financial stability. In the first chapter I develop a simple model of financial crises in which the key externalities are ...

    Essays on monetary policy and labor markets 

    Diz, Sebastian (Date of defense: 2019-10-03)

    This thesis consists of three self-contained essays. The first chapter investigates the redistributive role minimum wages can play over the cycle and the implied effects on macroeconomic stability. To this end, I develop ...

    Essays on monetary policy and learning 

    Molnár, Krisztina (Date of defense: 2006-06-20)

    Mi tesis se basa en los resultados de least squares learning, que modela agentes individuales como econometricos: los agentes funcionan como regresiones, usan datos disponibles para formar sus expectativas. En el primer ...

    Essays on Monetary Policy, Wage Bargaining and Fiscal Policy 

    Gnocchi, Stefano (Date of defense: 2008-02-05)

    Los modelos Neo-Keynesianos se han impuesto en el análisis de las políticas monetaria y fiscal óptimas. Esta literatura no considera la interacción estratégica entre los agentes económicos y las autoridades de la política ...

    Essays on monetary, fiscal and trade policy in open economies 

    Forlati, Chiara (Date of defense: 2009-10-02)

    En esta tesis estudio varias cuestiones de política monetaria y fiscal usando modelos de equilibrio generales completamente micro-fundados. El primer capítulo de esta tesis trata la cuestión de cómo la políticas monetarias ...

    Essays on Money, Credit and Fiscal Policy 

    Sessa, Luca (Date of defense: 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 macroeconomic stability? ...

    Essays on mutual funds and their impact on financial stability 

    De Jesus, Miguel Karlo (Date of defense: 2018-01-25)

    This dissertation consists of two chapters that explore some of the financial stability issues that concern mutual funds. The first chapter demonstrates that the massive sale by US funds of Mexican equity in 2008 triggered ...

    Essays on new Keynesian Macroeconomics 

    Dorich Doig, José Antonio (Date of defense: 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 fundamental en la elaboración ...

    Essays on Non-Price Competition and Macroeconomics 

    Turino, Francesco (Date of defense: 2009-11-30)

    My dissertation is a collection of three essays that study various aspects of non-price competition among firms using fully microfounded general equilibrium models. The first two chapters, both coauthored with Benedetto ...

    Essays on open economic, inflation and labour markets 

    Campolmi, Alessia (Date of defense: 2008-02-06)

    En los últimos años se ha desarollado mucho la literatura que utiliza modelos estocásticos de equilibrio económico general en economía abierta. En esta clase de modelos el primer capítulo estudia si el banco central tiene ...

    Essays on political and public economics 

    Nupia Martínez, Oscar (Date of defense: 2007-06-28)

    Esta tesis trata tres temas diferentes: (1) El efecto de la distribución del ingreso sobre los niveles de conflicto; (2) el efecto de la descentralización sobre la corrupción; (3) el efecto del número de partidos sobre las ...