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Theses - Dept. of Economics

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  • Essays on the interactions of local economies and their macroeconomic implications 
    Howard, Gregory (Gregory Liang) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
    This thesis consists of three chapters about the spatial aspects of macroeconomics. Chapter 1 argues that local labor demand shocks are amplified by migration. I document that within-U.S. migration causes a large reduction ...
  • Productivity, education and changes in the labor force. 
    Gruber, William Harris (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965)
  • Commercial bank behavior and the level of economic activity: an econometric study 
    Goldfeld, Stephen M (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963)
  • Essays in political economy 
    Ornaghi, Arianna; Banerjee, Abhijit V; Finkelstein, Amy; Hanna, Rema; Olken, Benjamin A; Sumarto, Sudarno, 1960- (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
    This thesis consists of three chapters. The first two chapters explore how different organizational forms, and in particular different hiring and firing practices, affect bureaucracies. In the first chapter, I study how ...
  • Essays in macro and development economics 
    Liu, Siyuan (Siyuan Ernest) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)
    The essays in this thesis study the implications of weak financial institutions for economic growth, allocation of resources, and economic development. Methodologically, the essays draw on a broad range of theoretical and ...
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