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Essays on the labor market
El mercado laboral es un tema importante e interesante en para el análisis económico. En esta tesis me propongo aumentar marginalmente nuestro conocimiento del mercado de trabajo. En particular, me centro en el desempleo ...
Essays on the Liquidity Trap, Oil Shocks, and the Great Moderation
The thesis studies three distinct issues in monetary economics using a common dynamic general equilibrium approach under the assumptions of rational expectations and nominal price rigidity.<br/> The first chapter deals ...
Essays on the macroeconomics of labor markets
This thesis sheds light on several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. The first chapter focuses on the impact of dual labor markets on human capital investment. Using a large dataset of the Spanish Social Security the ...
Essays on the macroeconomics of labor markets
This thesis investigates several macroeconomic aspects of labor markets. First chapter finds that in the US more educated individuals experience lower and less volatile unemployment due to a lower hazard rate of losing ...
Essays on the Mexican stock market
This thesis can be seen as a collection of three papers analyzing several facets of the Mexican stock market, each of them with their own objectives, hypothesis and methodology. The objective of the first chapter is to ...
Essays on the optimal choice of exchange rate regime in emerging countries
This thesis comprises three empirical studies about the consequences of full dollarization for three major economic factors: (1) the exchange rate pass-through, (2) fiscal sustainability, and (3) bond market behavior. The ...
Essays on the pharmaceutical industry
El objetivo de esta tesis ha sido la de proporcionar un análisis económico sobre varios temas que rodean l industria farmacéutica. Mientras llevaba a cabo mi investigación, observe que la mayor parte de la investigación ...
Essays on the political economy of development
This thesis consists of three chapters about political economy in China. The first chapter focuses on the interregional trade. Taking advantages of direct allocations of regional leaders by central government in China, ...
Essays on the Political Economy of Government Fragmentation
This PhD thesis presents empirical evidence about the effects of political fragmentation on some of the main political challenges society has faced to date in the 21st century. For governments to behave in their citizens’ ...
Essays on the Political Economy of Local Corruption
This dissertation analyses the effects of information on corruption cases on citizens’ electoral behaviour and the media coverage of those scandals. Corruption, defined as the abuse of public office for private gain, has ...
Essays on the political economy of mass media
This dissertation studies three questions on the political economy of mass media. The first chapter examines the effects of media slant on public policy views, exploiting an experiment created by a ban on the politically ...
Essays on the Political Economy of Urbanization and Climate Change
The world has been urbanizing at an incredible pace during the last century. Meanwhile, the global rise in temperatures has led to the increased probabilities of gradual and sudden natural disasters, putting large shares ...
Essays on the Relationship between the Integration of Management Systems and Sustainability
[eng] This thesis explores the intersection of (integrated) management systems (MSs) and sustainability, aiming to provide insights into how organisations can foster their corporate sustainability performance (CSP). It ...
Essays on the role of moocs in the context of contemporary higher education
Aquesta investigació es centra en el paper dels MOOC: molts estudis rellevants tenen ben documentats els comportaments dels estudiants envers els MOOC, però pocs han discutit l'impacte dels MOOC des de les perspectives de ...
Essays on the role of social status and beliefs on intergenerational mobility
Estos ensayos realizan una contribución teórica y empírica para la mejor comprensión del papel del estatus social en la movilidad intergeneracional de ingresos. Teorías sociológicas enfatizan el papel del estatus social ...
Essays on the Spanish Macroeconomy
Esta tesis doctoral intenta arrojar luz en dos temas macroeconomicos de gran actualidad en la economía española. El diseño del sistema de Seguridad Social, y la economía sumergida. En el primer capitulo desarrollo un ...
Essays on the Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy
Esta tesis estudia los efectos y la eficacia de la política monetaria. A grandes rasgos, el banco central cambia los tipos de interés a corto plazo y, a través de la estructura temporal, también se ven afectados los tipos ...
Essays on the value of accounting disclosure on capital markets
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how capital markets interpret accounting disclosure. In three empirical studies, I evaluate the role that accounting disclosure plays in evaluating financial prospects and facilitating ...
Essays on the Venezuelan economy
Fifteen years into the twentieth century, Venezuela displays the same income per capita than in 1955. Sixty years of stagnation, where the country managed to elude its portentous luck in the natural resource lottery. This ...
Essays on the world wheat economy (1939-2010)
This thesis is concerned with the world wheat economy between 1939 and 2010, which may seem somewhat surprising for several reasons. First, the history of wheat is inextricably tied up with the evolution of world agriculture ...
