Holthausen, Cornelia (Date of defense: 1999-12-02)
El primer capítulo de esta tesis trata de la legislación de los sistemas de pago internacionales de grna valor cuando la supervisión es efectuada por el banco central nacional. El modelo construido se ...
Valencia Caicedo, Felipe (Date of defense: 2015-06-30)
This dissertation investigates economic persistence in the Americas. The first chapter shows the positive long-term economic impact of the Guarani Jesuit Missions in South America. I find that ...
Santamaría, Marta (Santamaría Monturiol) (Date of defense: 2019-09-09)
This thesis explores how different types of trade costs shape trade patterns and the distribution of economic activity across space. In the first chapter, I study how the choice of transport infrastructure ...
Goraya, Sampreet Singh (Date of defense: 2021-07-26)
This dissertation consists of three essays that investigate the drivers of misallocation of resources and its macroeconomic implications. The first chapter highlights the importance of the caste system ...
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 ...
Ellingsen, Sebastian (Date of defense: 2021-06-28)
This thesis studies the role of policies aimed at facilitating communication on economic and political development. In the first chapter, I explore the relationship between long-term spatial persistence ...
Maliar, Serguei (Date of defense: 1999-09-08)
La tesis se centra en las aplicaciones macroeconómicas del consumidor representativo. El primer capítulo analiza la posibilidad de agregación en economías con varios bienes y varios periodos. Desarrollo ...
Chapsal, Antoine (Date of defense: 2015-02-06)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate different topics in competition policy. The first chapter empirically analyzes the consequences of the subsidies that were granted to some coalfields during ...
Werner, Konstantin (Date of defense: 2023-01-13)
In this dissertation, first, I study the effects of broadband internet on individual and regional outcomes. Second, I provide an overview of the political espionage activities of the former East German ...
Tripathy, Jagdish (Date of defense: 2016-11-22)
This dissertation includes three chapters on the macroeconomic effects of the financial system, particularly the credit market. In the first chapter, I show a causal link between household credit ...