Maertens Odría, Luis R. (Date of defense: 2017-07-03)
This thesis is composed of three independent essays. In the first chapter, I analyze the effect of a biofuel-favorable policy in the U.S. on fetal health. I show that the policy led to an expansion in ...
Fleiss Weinberger, Pablo Enrique (Date of defense: 2010-01-20)
Aunque las diferencias entre países en la productividad total de los factores (TFP) sectorial está en el corazón de la teoría Ricardiana de comercio y en el de muchos modelos de crecimiento y desarrollo, ...
Mladjan, Mrdjan M. (Date of defense: 2013-05-27)
Esta tesis proporciona evidencia empírica sobre el rol de las quiebras bancarias durante la Gran Depresión. En el primer capítulo, se presentan las vulnerabilidades previas del sistema bancario de cada ...
Donati, Dante (Date of defense: 2022-07-27)
This dissertation consists of three essays that empirically test economic theories on the causal effect of information on individuals and firms. The first chapter studies the consequences of lower ...
Müller-Trede, Johannes (Date of defense: 2012-05-04)
The three chapters of this thesis investigate social aspects of judgment and decision making. Chapter One analyses the consequences of making decisions based on predictions of future well-being, and the ...
Ohanyan, Narek (Date of defense: 2023-06-07)
This thesis studies the optimal conduct of monetary policy in the presence of nominal and informational frictions. The first chapter studies the optimal policy in a small open economy model with ...
Rodríguez, Ana (Rodríguez González) (Date of defense: 2020-06-04)
This thesis consists of four independent articles. The rst two study the causal e ect of being born by cesarean section on child health. In the rst paper, we use data from Spain and show that ...
Hernández-Pizarro, Helena M. (Date of defense: 2017-10-27)
This thesis analyses the effects of expanding public Long-Term Care (LTC) benefits in Spain, using three different approaches. In the first chapter, I estimate the impact of public LTC allowances on ...
Caracciolo, Giacomo (Date of defense: 2019-10-29)
Limited asset market participation is a well-known stylized fact and a widespread phenomenon even in developed economies. While existing models have already examined the effects of social security and ...
Gürgüç, Zeynep (Date of defense: 2009-10-02)
Esta tesis consta de tres proyectos sobre coordinación y los conflictos utilizando un enfoque experimental. El capítulo 1 estudia si un mecanismo de votación incentiva una coordinación eficiente y ...