Ou, Shengliang (Date of defense: 2019-07-03)
This thesis consists of three chapters on macroeconomic policy and business cy-cles. In chapter 1, I estimate a time-varying structural VAR to study the effects of government spending shocks on a number ...
Gutiérrez-Daza, Ángelo (Date of defense: 2022-06-08)
Empirical evidence suggests that consumers rely on their shopping experiences to form beliefs about inflation. In other words, they learn by shopping. This dissertation studies the implications of ...
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 ...
Caracciolo, Giacomo (Date of defense: 2019-10-29)
Limited asset market participation is a well-known stylized fact and a widespread phenomenon even in developed economies. While existing models have already examined the effects of social security and ...
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 ...
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 ...
Smirnov, Danila (Date of defense: 2023-06-12)
In my Ph.D. thesis, I study the subjects of monetary economics, heterogeneity of households and firms, and optimal policy. I solve models with rich heterogeneity and use statistical models to work ...
Giarda, Mario (Date of defense: 2021-09-28)
This thesis contributes to understanding how inequality affects the transmission of aggregate fluctuations through aggregate demand. First, we document how labor earnings inequality (between skilled ...