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Prices and Heterogeneity in Macroeconomics
(2023-05-31)
The overarching theme of this thesis is the analysis of the effect of microeconomic heterogeneities on the response of macroeconomic quantities, especially asset prices and inflation, to specific shocks. Conceptually, ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomic Theory
(2023-02-14)
In my dissertation, I analyze how policymakers can protect employees and consumers from being exploited by firms. In chapter 1, an employer undermines minimum wages by adding non-compete clauses to the workers' employment ...
Essays on Mechanism Design without Transfers
(2023-06-29)
This thesis comprises four self-contained essays on mechanism design without transfers. Chapters 1 and 2 characterize ex post and posterior implementation in collective decision problems with interdependent values. Chapters ...
Essays on the Transition to Sustainable Economies
(2023-07-13)
Current modes of production and consumption are incompatible with a state of nature that ensures a safe human existence. How to best transition to sustainable economies? This dissertation studies societal (Chapter 1), ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2023-10-05)
This cumulative dissertation examines 1) the extent of substantive representation in Europe, 2) whether misperceptions can explain anti-asylum seeker attitudes, and 3) attitudes toward inherited inequality.
Essays in Applied Macroeconomics
(2023-10-12)
This dissertation consists of three independent research studies. All of them use empirical databases and methods to shed light on important topics. The first chapter provides a full picture of the effects of government ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2023-08-09)
This dissertation explores the relationship between economic actions and relationships in three contexts: friendships in markets, customer relationships in auctions, and village communities during the 1930s Weimar Republic. ...
Four Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2023-05-25)
Culture -- as defined by the collection of beliefs, norms and preferences shared within social groups -- interacts in complex ways with social and economic outcomes.
It, both, shapes the economic and social environment ...
It, both, shapes the economic and social environment ...
Essays on Social Identity and Moral Behavior
(2023-08-18)
This dissertation contributes to a better understanding of individual decision-making by presenting four independent research papers that study the determinants and consequences of individual decision-making.
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Essays on Preference Formation
(2023-08-17)
This dissertation centers on cognitive factors like attention, complexity, motivation, and memory, and their role in explaining individual decision-making processes. The study aims to contribute to this literature by ...