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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 ... -
Three Essays in Empirical Macroeconomics and Finance
(2019-07-31)This thesis contains three essays belonging to different strands of empirical macroeconomics and finance literature. The first chapter finds that financial frictions can amplify the impact of uncertainty on real consumption ... -
Essays in Public Finance
(2019-07-23)This dissertation consists of three self-contained essays on public finance, that is, on the study of government revenue and expenditure. Taxation and public spending reflect society's values, priorities, as well as its ... -
Essays in Microeconomic Theory
(2019-07-12)This dissertation is built up of four essays in Microeconomic Theory. In these essays, I analyze strategic disclosure of information to a committee and strategic communication of information within an organization. All ... -
Essays in Macro-finance
(2019-07-04)This thesis seeks to advance our knowledge of what lies behind the risk and volatility in financial and macroeconomic outcomes, and how the two are related. The first contribution of the thesis lies in constructing new ... -
Essays on Financial Regulation
(2019-06-27)This dissertation identifies the effects of regulatory reforms on economic outcomes with a strong focus on real effects. In the first chapter, we analyze the effect of leverage ratio regulation on repo markets exploiting ... -
Roots and Consequences of Financial Distortions
(2019-05-28)This thesis links the roots and the consequences excess debt can have for an economy. Chapter 2 studies the impact financial frictions, caused by high debt levels, have on the business cycle. This helps understanding what ... -
Three Essays in International Macroeconomics
(2019-06-18)This thesis challenges three views in international macroeconomics with important policy implications. The first chapter asks how fiscal policy should be designed in a monetary union and draws novel conclusions. The second ... -
The Macroeconomic Causes and Consequences of Changing Labor Mobility and Unemployment
(2019-05-08)The causes and consequences of worker mobility and its broader implications for labor market efficiency and welfare are complex and have been widely discussed in both the public debate and the academic literature. This ... -
Essays in Economic Theory
(2019-04-04)This thesis consists of three self-contained essays in microeconomic theory. The common theme of all chapters is the analysis of collective decision problems in which efficient decisions depend on information that is ... -
Das semipräsidiale Regierungssystem der Weimarer Republik im Vergleich mit dem heutigen türkischen Regierungssystem nach den Verfassungsänderungen in 2007 und 2017
(2019-03-22)Diese Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit dieser Frage, ob die Weimarer Reichsverfassung und die Verfassung von 1982 der Türkei durch die Verfassungswirklickeit bezüglich der Stellung des Staatsoberhauptes eine Wandlung erlebt ... -
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
(2019-02-27)Few economic decisions are ever made in a social vacuum. Many of us look constantly to others for guidance or for comparison. Our actions might benefit or hurt others, so we use said actions strategically to reward or to ... -
Essays on Image Concerns and Norm-Enforcing Behavior
(2019-02-27)This thesis consists of four essays which contribute to a better understanding of the behavioral impact of image concerns as well as norm-enforcing behavior. All of them employ experiments, either in a lab setting or a ...
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