Browsing Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects by Author "Economics"
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Authority, Communication and Discrimination in Agency Models
Ishac, RichardThis thesis develops three theoretical frameworks to investigate questions relating to authority within both firms and governments as well as discrimination in the labor market. The first chapter develops a theoretical ... -
Bidders’ Behaviour and Theory of Share Auctions with Applications to the Colombian Primary Bond Market
Cardozo, Pamela (2010-01-14)Although most governments sell their bonds through a share auction, little is known about behaviour of bidders in these auctions. This thesis analyzes the literature on government securities auctions, focusing primarily ... -
Constraints and Policy in Education and Public Budget Limits
Stephens, Eric (2009-11-26)This dissertation investigates the impacts of constraints on optimal government policy. The first two chapters provide a general introduction and review of the literature. Chapters three and four analyze education spending ... -
Consumer Search, Sentiments and Firm Heterogeneity
Feng, YingThis thesis contributes to our understanding of variations in labor productivity over the business cycle, and the long run decline in labor income share. Chapter 2 develops and analyzes a general equilibrium model with ... -
Credit Risk, Insurance and Banking: A Study of Moral Hazard and Asymmetric Information
Thompson, James (2008-09-27)This dissertation investigates agency problems within risk transfer contracts. We pay particular attention to the consequences of credit risk transfer in the context of banking. The first two chapters provide an introduction ... -
Current Account Deficits, Sudden Stops, and International Reserves Accumulation
Nechi, Salem (2009-08-17)This dissertation addresses the causes of and policy responses to the 1990s current account crises. The first chapter explores the relative importance of external shocks as key determinants of the significant increase of ... -
Econometric Analysis of Labour Market Interventions
Webb, Matthew Daniel (2013-07-08)This thesis involves three essays that explore the theory and application of econometric analysis to labour market interventions. One essay is methodological, and two essays are applications. The first essay contributes ... -
The Econometrics and Economics of Education
Penney, Jeffrey (2015-07-07)This thesis contains three essays spanning the fields of econometrics and the economics of education. The first is a methodological essay wherein I propose a solution to the test score measurement problem. Test scores that ... -
An Economic Analysis of the Treaty Right to Education
Jones, MargaretThis thesis is an economic analysis of two of the ways in which the Canadian government has fallen short of providing a treaty right to education. Chapter 2 lays the foundation of the thesis by introducing the reader to ... -
The Economic Effects of International Openness with Firm Heterogeneity
Wu, Tommy Tung On (2012-05-22)This dissertation adds to the literature on international openness and economic growth by studying and quantifying the effects of openness to trade and multinational production using a model of endogenous innovation with ... -
An Empirical Analysis of the Conduct and Effects of Monetary Policy
McNeil, JamesThis dissertation provides an empirical investigation on the implementation and effects of monetary policy. Chapter 2 examines how interest rate policy is determined at the European Central Bank. I provide empirical evidence ... -
An Empirical Investigation of the Transmission and Effects of Monetary and Fiscal Policies
Popiel, MichalUsing statistical models, this dissertation investigates the transmission and effects of monetary and fiscal policies in the context of new challenges and environments that emerged following the 2008 global financial crisis. ... -
An Empirical Study of the Causes and Consequences of Mergers in the Canadian Cable Television Industry
Byrne, David P. R. (2010-12-13)This dissertation consists of three essays that study mergers and consolidation in the Canadian cable television industry. The first essay provides a historical overview of regulatory and technical change in the industry, ... -
Essays in Banking and Finance
Mirza, Afrasiab (2014-07-15)This dissertation examines the design of regulation for financial institutions fol- lowing the financial crisis of 2008-2009. In the aftermath of the crisis, regulators in many countries tightened regulations governing ... -
Essays in dynamic optimal taxation: working experience, unemployment scarring and poverty
Morand Perrault, Louis (2016-06-27)This thesis investigates the design of optimal tax systems in dynamic environments. The first essay characterizes the optimal tax system where wages depend on stochastic shocks and work experience. In addition to redistributive ... -
Essays in High and Low Frequency Price Discovery
Khan, SaadIn this thesis, I examine high and low frequency price discovery for US equity markets. In Chapter 3, I propose a methodology to disentangle high frequency price jumps into a permanent and transitory component. Using a ... -
Essays in International Capital Flows and Capital Controls
Olani, AdugnaIn this dissertation, I first explore the effects of categories of capital inflows on output volatility and output growth in developing countries and propose a welfare-improving capital control policy. I provide empirical ... -
Essays in Monetary Policy and Banking
Mahmoudi Ayough, Babak (2014-02-03)This dissertation investigates the impact of central banks' asset purchase programs on the economy and the role of frictions in the corporate loan markets. It builds a series of models with trading and information frictions ... -
Essays on Banking, Credit, and Money, and their relationship to Output, Population, and Productivity
Dorval, BillThis thesis studies instances of credit constraints in Canadian history. In Chapter 2, I study the productivity of Canadian industrial establishments in late nineteenth century Canada. In particular, I look at the relationship ... -
Essays on Commitment and Optimal Public Policies
Garon, Jean-Denis (2012-12-12)We focus on the design of optimal policies in the event of commitment problems. In the first essay, we characterize how income should be redistributed within and across generations. The time-inconsistency problem arises ...