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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2014-08-29)
One of the basic assumptions of standard economic theory is that individuals' behavior is solely guided by the quest for the highest possible material outcome. However, there is ample evidence of additional factors influencing ...
Essays on Collective Action
(2014-08-06)
This dissertation comprises 3 chapters dealing with collective action. Chapter 1 explores the behavior of individuals who face the provision of a public good that requires a minimal amount of aggregate contributions. Using ...
Sovereign borrowing and sovereign default
(2014-01-23)
In the course of the global financial crisis, countries that did not experience a sovereign debt crisis for several decades suddenly faced increasing sovereign default risk spreads as investors started to doubt the ...
Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics
(2014-08-20)
This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters in empirical macroeconomics and analyzes important issues related to monetary policy and labor supply. The first chapter deals with the problem of weak identification ...
Essays on Convergence and Synchronization
(2014-01-08)
Convergence of macroeconomic aggregates and subsequent synchronization of the cyclical features affecting these aggregates have been at the heart of economic debate for quite a while. Especially with the recent developments ...
Essays on Macroeconomic Policies in Developing Countries
(2017-07-28)
This thesis consists of three explorations on macroeconomic policies in developing countries.
The first essay evaluates the desirability of public capital investment, taking China as the study subject. Based on an ...
The first essay evaluates the desirability of public capital investment, taking China as the study subject. Based on an ...
Essays in Macroeconomics and Macroeconometrics
(2017-07-03)
This thesis contributes to macroeconomics and macroeconometrics. Chapters 2-4 study the role of producer heterogeneity for business cycles and macroeconomic development. Chapters 5-6 provide inference for structural vector ...
Asymmetries in Contests and Women in Academia
(2017-10-30)
This doctoral thesis is devided in three chapters. In chapter one, reference dependence is intruduced in an unfair tournament. Using a standard distribution, two equilibria can be shown that are not considered in liturature ...
Essays in Financial Economics
(2017-07-25)
This dissertation consists of four chapters.
In the first chapter, I analyze strategic underreporting of market risk for a sample of North American and European Banks from 2002 to 2014. In particular, the chapter ...
In the first chapter, I analyze strategic underreporting of market risk for a sample of North American and European Banks from 2002 to 2014. In particular, the chapter ...
Essays in Economic Theory
(2017-02-21)
This thesis consists of three chapters.
The first chapter studies the trade-off between realizing match values early and waiting for good matches that arises in a dynamic matching model with discounting. We consider ...
The first chapter studies the trade-off between realizing match values early and waiting for good matches that arises in a dynamic matching model with discounting. We consider ...