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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Essay on macroeconomics and expectations
([University of California], 2018)My dissertation focuses on the interactions between the conduct of U.S. monetary policy and the expectations formed by households, firms and public institutions about the state of economy. The first two chapters develop ... -
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 economic theory
([University of Iowa], 2016)This dissertation contributes to economic theory on economies and games with discontinuous payoffs and ambiguity. In Chapter 1, we consider economic environments with complete information, where agents' payoffs may exhibit ... -
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, ... -
Essays in financial economics
([University of Michigan], 2016)The first chapter studies the impact of house price expectations together with securitization, on the magnitude of risky mortgage lending by banks. This chapter first presents a simple model to explore the impact of both ... -
Essays in international economics and macroeconomics
([University of Minnesota], 2017)The three chapters of this dissertation investigate major puzzles in international economics and macroeconomics. Chapter 1 proposes a new measure of knowledge production within corporations and analyzes how the production ... -
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 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 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 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 ... -
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 ... -
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 on economic dynamics
([Texas A&M University], 2017)The dissertation includes two sections, which apply dynamic economic models to study different economic issues. The Section Two studies the optimal design of the Pacific Salmon Treaty, which was signed by the U.S. and ... -
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 on information frictions in economics
([University of Minnesota], 2016)This dissertation consists of three chapters. The unifying topic of this collection is the impact of information frictions and lack of commitment on economic outcomes, in particular on prices. The first two chapters are ... -
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 ...
