Nakov, Anton (Date of defense: 2007-11-19)
The thesis studies three distinct issues in monetary economics using a common dynamic general equilibrium approach under the assumptions of rational expectations and nominal price rigidity.<br/> The ...
Greulich, Anna Katharina (Date of defense: 2007-10-23)
This thesis comprises three chapters which share an emphasis on the importance of agent heterogeneity in different areas of macroeconomics. The first chapter shows that the introduction of heterogeneous ...
Ruíz Hernández, Diego (Date of defense: 2007-04-13)
In this Thesis, we first deploy Gittins index theory to establish the indexability of inter-alia general families of restless bandits that arise in problems of stochastic scheduling with switching ...
Rode, Julian (Date of defense: 2007-10-25)
The dissertation employs laboratory experimental methodology to study decision-making when people face trade-offs between ethical and economic values. More explicitly, the three chapters investigate 1) ...