Liu, Shangyu (Date of defense: 2020-10-16)
This thesis explores the linkages among resource allocation, industry dynamics, and asset price bubbles in China. In the first chapter, I break the source of misallocation into four groups: uncertainty, ...
Schmitz, Tom (Date of defense: 2015-10-02)
In this thesis, I show that macroeconomic models which take into account firm- and industrylevel heterogeneity provide a more precise understanding of productivity growth dynamics than models with ...
Petriconi, Silvio (Date of defense: 2014-09-25)
This thesis investigates the relation between information and competition in two particular settings. In the first chapter, I ask which screening and lending choices banks make if their loan offers can ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Faltermeier, Julia (Date of defense: 2019-05-02)
This thesis presents new facts on the aggregate return to capital and shows their implications for underlying drivers of investment and the efficiency of the alloca-tion of capital. The first chapter ...
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 ...
Linarello, Andrea (Date of defense: 2014-11-25)
This thesis investigates various aspects of international trade. In the first chapter, I study the effect of exporting on firms productivity. Specifically, I examine the extent to which export shocks ...