Browsing Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects by Author "Viero, Marie-Louise"

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    • Authority, Communication and Discrimination in Agency Models 

      Ishac, Richard
      This 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • Essays on Networks and Macroeconomics 

      Kivinen, Steven (2015-07-17)
      This thesis consists of three essays related by the themes of networks and macroeconomics. The first essay examines the role of networks in workers’ search for employment. Unemployed workers gain employment by sending ...