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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2013-09-27)
This dissertation tackles three questions theoretically and empirically. The first chapter studies how non-binding default options influence the behavior of consumers. We argue that default options arise in an inherently ...
Three Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics
(2013-11-05)
This thesis comprises three self-contained chapters that each contributes new insights to this field of empirical macroeconomics.
Chapter 1 examines the role of shocks to consumer misperceptions in explaining ...
Chapter 1 examines the role of shocks to consumer misperceptions in explaining ...
Essays in Empirical Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance
(2013-12-19)
Guided by the observation that ownership in large U.S. corporations is dispersed rather than concentrated in blocks of control (Berle and Means, 1932) and Jensen and Meckling's (1976) seminal principal-agent theory, much ...
Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics
(2013-12-20)
This thesis consists of three chapters in empirical macroeconomics. In particular it treats important issues related to monetary policy. The focus is on inflation dynamics and all three studies involve some approach of ...
Essays in Contract Theory
(2013-09-25)
The dissertation consists of three chapters. The fist two chapters use principal-agent models to analyze optimal contract design under the assumption that the contract can induce the agent to acquire relevant private ...
Decisions, Behavior and Societal Challenges
(2021-05-19)
This thesis has two aims, first, to contribute to the scientific understanding of human behavior and decisions, namely, social preferences (here: reciprocity), belief formation, and goal setting and feedback. Second, to ...
Essays on Financial Intermediation and Financial Stability
(2021-08-03)
This thesis analyzes key determinants of financial intermediation and financial stability in three self-contained parts.
The first part explores banks' lending behavior by analyzing the social ties within a ...
The first part explores banks' lending behavior by analyzing the social ties within a ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2021-01-08)
The benchmark model of economics, expected utility theory, assumes that individuals manage uncertainty by forming beliefs about all relevant events and that these beliefs satisfy the probability axioms. There is ample scope ...
Essays in Applied Microeconomic Theory
(2020-05-25)
This thesis consists of three self-contained chapters in applied microeconomic theory. A common feature of all three projects is communication about private information in different strategic environments. In Chapter 1, I ...
Essays in Behavioral Microeconomic Theory
(2021-10-21)
In this dissertation, I contribute to the literature on Behavioral Microeconomic Theory by analyzing the consequences of well-established departures from rationality and their remedies in strategic interactions. More ...