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Essays on the Use of Unstructured Data in Macroeconomics
(2018-08-15)
Economists need data to find patterns and test theories, but many concepts are hard to measure. This work contains three chapters showing how new unstructured data sources, such as text corpora, can be used to overcome ...
Three Essays in Econometrics
(2018-08-14)
This thesis consists of three self-contained essays in econometrics and statistics. It discusses methodological topics in semi- and nonparametric statistics as well as empirical questions in financial econometrics. My ...
Essays in Microeconomic Theory
(2018-07-20)
This dissertation contains three chapters in microeconomic theory, which analyze the impact of asymmetry, information acquisition and disclosure in strategic environments, in particular in auctions and elections. In the ...
Essays in International Macroeconomics
(2018-08-15)
What are the conditions for a well-functioning currency union? Since the 1960s', there has been a long stream of literature dedicated to this question. Through studying the historical fixed exchange rate regime of the Gold ...
Macroeconomic Effects of Financial Integration, Demographic Aging and Automation Technology
(2018-07-23)
This thesis combines work on three important long-run trends and their macroeconomic implications: Financial integration, demographic aging and the use of automation technology in the production process. The first chapter ...
Contributions to Functional Data Analysis With a Focus on Points of Impact in Functional Regression
(2018-05-16)
The focus of this thesis is on the estimation of an unknown number of unknown specific locations (points of impact) at which a functional predictor has a specific effect on a real valued dependent variable.
Two general ...
Two general ...
Four Essays in Auction Theory and Contest Theory
(2018-07-06)
This thesis consists of four essays that belong to the literature on the theory of auctions and the theory of contests. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 are devoted to the research on auctions and study the role of symmetry in ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2022-06-28)
This thesis consists of four independent research papers. Chapter 1 analyzes the impact of consumer myopia on competition and firm behavior. In our model, firms repeatedly sell a primary good and a respective add-on. In ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2022-06-22)
This thesis uses experimental and quasi-experimental methods combined with real-world data to explore whether and how we may (or may not) leverage insights from psychology and economics to design simple non-monetary ...
Die Systematik der Voraussetzungen einer Gläubigeranfechtung: Ein Diskussionsvorschlag zur Vermeidung von Kasuistik
(2018-06-27)
Die Arbeit betrachtet die Voraussetzungen einer Gläubigeranfechtung aus einem alternativen Blickwinkel, der sich von der traditionell herrschenden Sichtweise grundlegend unterscheidet. Die Arbeit setzt sich dabei zum Ziel, ...