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Essays on the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
(2021-02-01)In this thesis, I aim to deepen our understanding of the functioning of the labor market. I study various frictions emerging in the market for labor and analyze how these imperfections shape the macro-economy. In Chapter ... -
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 Economic Theory
(2021-01-08)This dissertation is composed of four chapters with two overarching themes. In the first two chapters, we analyze common-value auctions in which bidders are either uninformed about the number of their competitors or their ... -
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 ... -
Essays on Beliefs
(2020-12-15)Beliefs govern how individuals interact with the world around them. Their pivotal role in decision-making processes has led to great interest in how they are formed and arguably of more importance, how they are changed. ... -
Essays in Income and Wealth Inequality
(2020-12-09)The distribution of income and wealth across households in the U.S. has changed dramatically since the 1950s. How are rising income and wealth inequality linked? This thesis aims at providing new insights into the relationship ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2020-11-25)This dissertation consists of four independent chapters, which all study determinants of human behavior. All chapters leverage insights from behavioral economics or methods from experimental economics. The unifying framework ... -
Essays in Microeconomic Theory
(2020-11-23)This dissertation consists of three self-contained essays in microeconomic theory. The first chapter examines how pre-election polls affect the election outcome through the voters’ participation decision and studies the ... -
Die Auswirkungen des Geldwäschegesetzes (GwG) auf die leichtfertige Geldwäsche gemäß § 261 Abs. 5 StGB
(2020-10-20)Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht, ob und inwiefern Verstöße gegen das wirtschaftsaufsichtsrechtliche Geldwäschegesetz die strafrechtliche Leichtfertigkeit im Sinne des § 261 Abs. 5 StGB, dem Tatbestand der leichtfertigen ... -
Essays on Information in Politics and Social Decisions
(2020-09-17)This thesis consists of two parts. The first part consists of two chapters. The second part has one chapter.
How does the information of citizens shape the democratic process? This is the question asked in the ... -
Essays in Behavioral Economics
(2020-09-17)This dissertation presents three chapters revolving around the common theme ‘motivated reasoning.’ Motivated reasoning occurs when individuals tradeoff accurate beliefs and desirable beliefs (Bénabou and Tirole, 2016). ... -
Determinants of Human Capital Formation
(2020-08-25)Human capital is crucial for individuals’ economic prosperity. As such, differences in human capital are largely responsible for existing inequalities within society, making it essential to understand the determinants of ... -
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 ... -
Three Essays in Macroeconomics: Implications of the Great Recession for Fiscal and Monetary Policy
(2020-02-06)The Great Recession prompted several governments and central banks in advanced economies to take exceptional measures, whose consequences are still visible today. In particular, two developments seem to be noteworthy. ... -
Essays in Applied Microeconomics
(2020-01-14)What determines human behavior? This seemingly simple question is at the core of economics and the social sciences more generally. Yet, it is one of the most difficult questions to answer for at least two reasons: First, ... -
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
(2019-12-20)In Chapter 1 (joint with Markus Dertwinkel-Kalt, Holger Gerhardt, Gerhard Riener, and Frederik Schwerter), I examine asymmetries of intertemporal trade-offs and their implications for the patience of individuals. According ... -
Essays on Empirical Banking
(2019-11-25)This dissertation comprises of three essays on empirical banking. The first chapter provides a brief introduction to the areas of empirical banking touched upon throughout the dissertation.
Chapter 2 investigates the ... -
Essays on Market Microstructure in Finance and Health
(2019-11-26)The first part of this dissertation studies financial stability of maturity transforming institutions (banks) under variations of capital structure. As banks are financed by more uninsured deposits as opposed to equity, a ... -
Four Economic Experiments on Social Preferences
(2019-10-16)This thesis presents and discusses four different economic experiments investigating the foundations and formation of social preferences. Chapter 1, Chapter 3, and Chapter 4 all take a closer look at prosociality. Prosociality ... -
Essays on Worker Self Selection and Wage Inequality
(2019-10-10)This thesis consists of three self contained essays about the influence of worker self selection on rising German wage inequality. Chapter 1 analyses the influence of changing returns to occupational skill on overall wage ...
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