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Essays in Microeconomic Theory
(2020-12-22)
This thesis comprises four self-contained essays in economic theory studying the optimal use of private information in strategic interactions. In all the situations considered, non-monetary as well as dynamic incentives ...
Three Essays in Nonparametric Econometrics
(2021-09-02)
This thesis consists of three self-contained essays in econometrics and statistics. In these essays, I am interested in the nonparametric regression models and in developing new methods for testing various qualitative ...
Essays in Behavioral Economics
(2022-06-01)
This thesis consists of four independent research papers. Chapter 1 ("Media Persuasion and Consumption: Evidence from the Dave Ramsey Show") examines whether entertaining mass media programs can influence individual ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2022-05-25)
The first two chapters of this thesis are connected by an overarching question: Can we use the electricity price to incentivize electricity consumption when it is plentiful and electricity conservation when it is scarce? ...
Essays in Applied and Theoretical Microeconomics
(2022-06-13)
Science is the discovery of knowledge. The process of this discovery is based on two ingredients: hypothesizing – often guided by theoretical abstraction and deductive reasoning – and testing in the form of empirical ...
Essays in Financial Economics
(2021-08-30)
This dissertation is composed of four self-contained chapters studying how financial markets affect the governance of public companies. The first chapter shows how large shareholders can engage in governance when there is ...
Financial Decisions of Households under Uncertainty
(2021-03-23)
Understanding decision making of households has always been a key challenge of economic research. Some of the most relevant household choices are financial decisions regarding savings since these insure household consumption ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2022-08-26)
One major goal of modern societies is to establish a cooperative and cohesive community. Though most people can agree on this goal, it is less clear how it can be achieved. To be able to make informed political changes ...
Location, Location, Location: Long-run Trends in Housing Markets and Regional Economic Development
(2022-08-01)
This thesis tries to make some progress in understanding long-run trends in the spatial behavior of housing markets and economic development. To achieve this, it introduces and analyses new regional long-run data to uncover ...
Essays in Macroeconomics
(2022-08-29)
This thesis is composed of three self-contained chapters that explore how household heterogeneity shapes macroeconomic outcomes, and how this in turn determines the effects of macroeconomic policies.
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