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Multimodal transportation systems : modelling challenges
([S.l.], 2012)Human mobility within an urban usually happens over a multimodal transportation network. For that reason, when studying, analyzing transportation systems we should not consider each mode of transport separately but we ... -
Education and country growth models
([Stellenbosch University], 2014)The over-arching concern of the three parts of the dissertation is how economics can and should influence education policymaking, the emphasis on the economics side being models of country development and the contribution ... -
Impact of climate-responsive controls and land usage on regional climate and air quality
([Georgia Institute of Technology], 2014)Impacts of Climate-responsive Controls and Land Usage on Regional Climate and Air Quality Marcus A. Trail 201 pages Directed by Dr. Armistead G. Russell Regional air quality impacts public health, visibility and ecosystem ... -
Essays on financial markets and macroeconomic activities
([Boston University], 2014)This thesis consists of three papers addressing different aspects of financial markets and macroeconomic activities. Firm Risks, Credit, and Labor Market Fluctuations studies the effect of changes in firm risks on the ... -
Essays in the political economy of information
([Harvard University], 2014)The primary focus of this dissertation is on information, its production and dissemination in society. In the first chapter, I explore the consequences of an increase in the number of newspapers on the quantity and quality ... -
Essays on institutions, economic development, and inequality
([Florida State University], 2014)It is commonly asserted that free market capitalism promotes economic efficiency at the expense of equality. This view is reflected in the common claim that the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer. The ... -
Essays on dynamic information economics
([Boston University], 2014)This dissertation studies moral hazard problems and an information acquisition problem in dynamic economic environments. In chapter 1, I study a continuous-time principal-agent model in which a risk-neutral agent protected ... -
Implications of population aging for education, technological progress and economic growth
([Australian School of Business, UNSW], 2014)This thesis is primarily concerned with the potential roles of individual aging (changes in people’s productivity and innovation capacity from young to old) and population aging (increased proportion of old to young people ... -
Analyses of sustainability goals : applying statistical models to socio-economic and environmental data
([Georgia Institute of Technology], 2014)This research investigates the environment and development issues of three stakeholders at multiple scales—global, national, regional, and local. Through the analysis of financial, social, and environmental metrics, the ... -
The economics of innovation and intellectual property rights
([University of New South Wales], 2014)This thesis makes contributions to the economics of intellectual property rights (IPR)from different perspectives in three distinct but related empirical studies. First, patentand trademark statistics are used as innovation ... -
Essays on dynamic macroeconomics
([Stellenbosch University], 2014)In the first essay of this thesis, a medium scale DSGE model is developed and estimated for the South African economy. When used for forecasting, the model is found to outperform private sector economists when forecasting ... -
Essays in macroeconomics of emerging markets
([Boston College], 2014)My dissertation focuses on the macroeconomics of emerging and developing nations. This group of economies is characterized by significant differences in terms of institutional quality, financial development, as well as ... -
Essays on development economics and industrial organization
([Boston University], 2015)This dissertation studies two disparate topics in development economics and industrial organization respectively: (a) the role of financial intermediation in promoting economic growth in developing countries and (b) the ... -
Economics as an experimental science : using field experiments to test models of economic behavior
([University of Michigan], 2015)Economics is limited by the fact that it is not an experimental science: our ability to experimentally test models of economic behavior is constrained by logistics and ethics. However, this view has been reshaped by the ... -
Three essays on investment
([University of Michigan], 2015)This dissertation studies the supply and demand of capital goods, and the effects of investment tax incentives. Chapter II examines the effects of investment tax incentives. The evidence indicates that subsidies increase ... -
Essays in macro and labor economics
([University of Minnesota], 2015)This dissertation includes two chapters. The first chapter studies the labor market effect of the college expansion policy in China. In 1999, the Chinese government embarked on a program to increase the entry class to ... -
Essays in commodities and firms
([Vanderbilt University], 2015)Microeconomic factors are getting more attention by macro economists as potential indicators and driving forces of macroeconomic conditions. In the first chapter, I employ a modified version of the long run risk model and ... -
Essays in economics and econometrics
([University of New South Wales], 2015)The body of this thesis consists of three published papers written while enrolled in a PhD; in addition, two published papers completed while enrolled in a Master of Economics are included in an appendix. Of the five papers, ... -
Economic freedom and the lives of women : an empirical analysis
([Florida State University], 2015)Recent literature on comparative institutional analysis has found that the set of institutions consistent with the concept of economic freedom correlates with higher levels of per capita income (Gwartney, Holcombe, and ... -
Using social network analysis for civil infrastructure management
([Mississippi State University], 2015)It is essential to build, maintain, and use our transportation systems in a manner that meets our current needs while addressing the social and economic needs of future generations. In today’s world, transportation congestion ...
