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Five Essays in Economic Theory
(2014-10-30)
This thesis covers two main areas of microeconomic theory. The first three chapters are contributions to the theory of mechanism design and the last two chapters contribute to the literature on general equilibrium in markets ...
The Impact of Bounded Rationality on Equity-Linked Life Insurance and Technical Trading
(2014-10-07)
This dissertation deals with the impact of investor behavior for life insurance and technical trading. The first part of this dissertation is concerned with equity-linked life insurance contracts, while the second part of ...
Essays in Public Economics
(2014-11-26)
This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters. The first chapter studies political competition with endogenously formed political parties. Party formation allows policy-motivated citizens to coordinate their political ...
Four Essays in Equity-Linked Life and Pension Insurance: Financial Analysis of Surrender Guarantees, Pension Guarantee Funds and Pension Retirement Plans
(2014-10-07)
In this dissertation we study three very important types of insurance, equity-linked life insurance with surrender guarantees, pension insurance and the insurance provided by (pension) insurance guarantee funds.
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Essays on Contracts, Mechanisms and Information Revelation
(2014-11-14)
This dissertation comprises three essays dealing with topics from microeconomic theory. The first chapter is a contribution to the literature on the economics of privacy. During the last decade, an increasing number of ...
Essays in Applied Econometrics and Behavioral Economics
(2014-10-07)
This thesis is divided into four parts. This abstract provides separate previews for each of those four parts.
Cross-section regressions often examine many candidate regressors. We use multiple testing procedures ...
Cross-section regressions often examine many candidate regressors. We use multiple testing procedures ...
On Avoidance and Neglect as Barriers to Informed Decision-Making: Three Essays in Behavioral Economics
(2014-08-07)
The thesis comprises three essays on the reasons for and consequences of poorly-informed decision-making.
Chapter 1 investigates active avoidance of information as a source of uninformed decision-making. Next to ...
Chapter 1 investigates active avoidance of information as a source of uninformed decision-making. Next to ...
Essays in Public Economics
(2014-05-14)
This thesis consists of three independent chapters. The first chapter addresses the question how taxes in the financial sector affect the real economy. One set of results concerns the tax burden: Given a fixed public budget ...
Three Essays in Econometrics
(2014-04-17)
Economists examine extensive cross sectional and time series data. This information allows them to study economic decision making of households, firms and countries over time or to produce forecasts of financial time series ...
Essays on Labor Market Risk and Asset-Based Income Insurance
(2014-05-27)
This dissertation contributes to the understanding of wage risk and its implication for the macroeconomy.
The first chapter links differences in unemployment risk between countries to differences in product market ...
The first chapter links differences in unemployment risk between countries to differences in product market ...