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Essays in Economic Theory
(2016-07-19)
This thesis consists of five chapters on topics in mechanism design and voting.
In Chapter 1, we study a committee deciding collectively whether to accept a given proposal or to maintain the status quo. Committee ...
In Chapter 1, we study a committee deciding collectively whether to accept a given proposal or to maintain the status quo. Committee ...
Heterogeneity in Household Portfolios and its Implication for Fiscal and Monetary Policy
(2016-09-14)
A household's portfolio generally consists of non-tradable and tradable assets. The most important non-tradable asset is human capital. It is the primary source of income for most households and at the same time subject ...
Essays in Behavioral Industrial Organization
(2016-11-24)
How do consumers make consumption decisions if the acquisition of product information is difficult? What determines their search behavior and ultimately their choices? In three essays I examine the way in which the answers ...
Essays on Heterogeneity and Non-Linearity in Panel Data and Time Series Models
(2016-12-22)
In recent years advances in data collection and storage allow us to observe and analyze many financial, economic or environmental processes with higher precision. This in turn reveals new features of the underlying processes ...
Informational externalities and strategic interaction
(2016-12-13)
This thesis studies the role of uncertainty and informational externalities in strategic interaction. In the presence of informational externalities, the incentives of strategic agents to invest in innovative and risky ...
Essays in Macroeconomics
(2016-12-21)
This thesis consists of three independent chapters which deal with macroeconomic topics that drew much attention in the years of financial and economic crisis since 2007.
Chapter 1 analyzes how the availability of ...
Chapter 1 analyzes how the availability of ...
Essays on Financial Stability
(2016-02-01)
This thesis examines self-fulfilling liquidity crises that are associated with maturity and liquidity transformation conducted by financial intermediaries such as banks. It consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomic Theory
(2016-07-11)
This thesis comprises four essays that belong to different strands of the theoretical economic literature. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 study competitions among heterogeneous agents. Chapter 1 investigates the effects of head ...
Three Essays in Econometrics
(2016-04-18)
This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters in applied and theoretical econometrics. The first chapter presents a Lagrange Multiplier test for detecting shock triggered asymmetries in time series and investigates ...
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
(2016-05-12)
Behavioral economics has improved the understanding of economic phenomena by enriching the understanding of economic decision making with insights from psychology, sociology, and anthropology. Rigorous empirical investigations ...