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Essays in Economic Theory
(2017-01-18)
This thesis studies information aggregation and reputation management in three microeconomic environments.
In the first chapter, I consider a committee voting setup with two rounds of voting where committee members ...
In the first chapter, I consider a committee voting setup with two rounds of voting where committee members ...
Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
(2017-01-24)
In this work I study the impact of different types of frames on decision making behavior. I show that the visual frame of disclosure documents influences investment and beliefs into a mutual fund. In the second part of the ...
The impact of large-scale land-acquisition in East Africa on poverty reduction and the rural economy: Studies in Ethiopia and Uganda
(2017-02-28)
There is an increasing interest of acquiring farmland abroad, especially following the food price crisis in 2007/08. East Africa is a hotspot of activities, and given the high prevalence of poor people in the area, impacts ...
The Relationship between the Resource Curse and Genuine Savings as an Indicator for Weak Sustainability: Theoretical Background and Empirical Evidence
(2017-07-11)
This dissertation deals with the relationship between the Resource Curse (RC) – the empirically proven paradox that countries with abundant natural resources often show slower economic growth – and a measure for the ...
The Impact of Public Policies on Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
(2017-07-03)
Between 2000 and 2012, 2.3m sq. kilometers of tree cover, equivalent to 6.4 times the size of Germany, were lost globally due to land cover change. Forest loss often comes with significant social and environmental costs. ...