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Mental representation and the discovery of new strategies
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016-10)
Essays in International Trade and Financial Development.
(2014)
In the first chapter, I explore the effect of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on the composition of international trade. The model allows a new channel by which IPRs may affect welfare such that cross-country incentives ...
Essays on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
(2015)
This dissertation addresses issues in the economics of the environment and natural resources. The first chapter pertains to the inclusion of environmental objectives into contracts between the government and private firms. ...
Essays in Financial Economics
(2015)
This dissertation provides a theoretical study of bank and household capital structure and how they shape real allocations in the economy.
The first chapter presents a theory of bank capital structure based on a governance ...
Essays in Social Economics.
(2016)
The central idea in social economics is that an individual's actions are influenced by the choices and characteristics of peers. This occurs because group (network) membership provides information and shapes beliefs (norms). ...
Food Insecurity in Vulnerable Populations: Coping with Food Price Shocks in Afghanistan
(Oxford University PressWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2014-04)
Based on data from Afghanistan collected prior to and during the 2007‐2008 food price crisis, this paper illustrates that caloric intake is an ineffectual indicator for monitoring the onset of food insecurity. Unconditional ...
On the Provision of Public Goods on Networks: Incentives, Exit Equilibrium, and Applications to Cyber .
(2016)
Attempts to improve the state of cyber-security have been on the rise over the past years. The importance of incentivizing better security decisions by users in the current landscape is two-fold: it not only helps users ...
The Impact Of Exporting And Foreign Direct Investment On Product Innovation: Evidence From Chinese Manufacturers
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2017-10)
Intergenerational transmission of education in China: New evidence from the Chinese Cultural Revolution
(The Danish National Centre for Social ResearchWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2019-02)
This paper estimates the effect of parental education on children’s education by using instruments generated by the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and further explores the mechanisms of this causal relationship. Several ...
Three Essays on Market Structure Variation and Labor Market Outcomes.
(2014)
This dissertation consists of three chapters focusing on market structure variations and labor market outcomes in the health care sector. Chapter 1 estimates the labor market outcomes--employment and wages--of two types ...