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Showing 1 to 20 of 130 for “"Microeconomics"”.
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Essays in Microeconomics
… dissertation consists of three essays in applied microeconomics. Each essay explores a different issue of economic interest.The essay in Chapter 2 describes an experiment designed to investigate if using assets with an intrinsic value that increases over time leads to persistent undervaluation in …
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Essays in microeconomics
This dissertation consists of three essays in microeconomic theory. The first two concern methods of modeling bounded rationality and unawareness, while the third applies a model of jointly determined reputation to incentive problems in the market for expert advice. Increases in awareness …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Existing literature demonstrates that peer age plays a crucial role in shaping student outcomes in elementary school. In the first chapter, I build on this literature by highlighting that differences in developmental rates between boys and girls likely lead to varying theoretical effects of peer …
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The microeconomics of standards
Die Aufmerksamkeit der Forschung auf Standards und Standardisierung steigt kontinuierlich. Besonderer Fokus liegt dabei auf Standardisierungskomitees, der Beziehung zwischen Standardisierung und geistigem Eigentum und der Bedeutung von privaten Standards für (globale) Wertschöpfungsketten. Diese …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
This dissertation has three chapters. In the first two chapters, I have studied the left-behind children issue in China. According to the latest statistics (2018 Ministry of Civil Affairs), there are 69.7 million children who are separated from their migrant worker parents and are receiving …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… of three chapters and covers topics in applied microeconomics broadly defined as health and labor. The precise topics are varied, with their unifying thread being that they are all related to marginalized or at-risk communities. The first chapter estimates the impact of Daylight Saving Time …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Each of the following five essays that constitutes the present dissertation contributes to our understanding of various micro- and macroeconomic phenomena, using the tools of microeconomic theory as well as econometrics. Four of the essays are in the applied theory, while one is in the empirical …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
This dissertation broadly focuses on the role government should play in providing and financing education. The first chapter estimates the economic incidence of need-based student aid, one tool intended to ameliorate credit constraints in the market for higher education. The second chapter examines …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… dissertation consists of three essays in applied microeconomics. The first chapter looks at whether the Social Security claiming behavior of husbands respond to the presence of Social Security spouse and survivor benefits paid to wives based on his earnings record. I separately estimate the …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
This dissertation is composed of two parts. In the first, I study a recent extension of the maternity leave mandate for public sector employees. In the second, I focus on the gender differential in housework hours and its evolution in the 2001-2009 period. For the maternity leave part, …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essays, entitled ``The Effect of Insurance on Emergency Room Visits: An Analysis of the 2006 Massachusetts Health Reform,'' analyzes the impact of a major health reform in Massachusetts on emergency room (ER) visits. I exploit the variation in …
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Three essays in microeconomics
This dissertation consists of three essays in microeconomics. The first essay studies a finite-horizon alternating-offer model that integrates the common practice of having an arbitrator determine the outcomes if both players' offers are rejected. We find that if the arbitrator uses final-offer …
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Two essays in microeconomics
This dissertation consists of two essays. The first essay is a study of strategic firm competition in a differentiated product environment. We develop a tractable spatial model of oligopolistic competition in which firms endogenously determine both franchise/product locations and prices. …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Essays on applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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