Browsing Economics - Ph.D. / Sc.D. by Title
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Adjustment costs and dynamic factor demands : investment and employment under uncertainty
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988) -
Adults returning to school : causes and consequences
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996) -
Adverse selection and government intervention in life and health insurance markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)This thesis examines the workings of insurance markets. The first two papers examine the effect of government tax and regulatory policy in markets for supplementary health insurance. The third paper presents new evidence ... -
Agency conflicts in financial contracting with applications to venture capital and CDO markets
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)In these papers I examine efficient financial contracting when incentive problems play a significant role. In the first chapter (joint with Z. Fluck and S. Myers) we focus on the venture capital industry. We build a two-stage ... -
Aging and the labor market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis is a collection of three essays analyzing the interplay between aging and the labor market. The first chapter demonstrates that differential treatment by age exists in labor markets and explores different ... -
The agricultural development of Siberia, 1890-1917.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973) -
Agricultural production, supply and institutions in the post-Civil War South.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972) -
Airline strategies in the 1990s : frequent flyer programs, domestic and international partnerships, and entry by low-cost carriers
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)This thesis investigates forms of non-price competition in the U.S. airline industry. The first two chapters focus on airlines' use of frequent flyer programs (FFPs) while the final chapter considers the entry strategies ... -
The American iron ore and steel industries: two essays.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969) -
The analysis if qualitative choice.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973) -
An analysis of job destruction and downsizing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Analytical optimal control theory as applied to stochastic and non-stochastic economics.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970) -
Applied econometric essays on sales taxes and computer price indices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
Approaches to education market design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)This thesis consists of essays about how to improve education markets through analyzing data generated by such markets. In chapter 1, I start with looking at how families decide which school to attend in a school choice ... -
Approaches to mechanism design with boundedly rational agents
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)This dissertation ties together three papers on mechanism design with boundedly rational agents. These papers explore theoretically whether, and to what extent, limitations on agents' ability to strategically misrepresent ... -
Assessing the performance of real estate auctions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993) -
Asymmetric information, exchange rate uncertainty and banking competition
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997) -
Automobile market equilibrium
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984) -
The availability of credit and corporate investment.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1968) -
Barriers to the adoption and optimal use of savings and health technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)This thesis studies Kenyan households' use of savings accounts and malaria testing and treatment technologies. The first chapter studies whether or not married couples use savings accounts strategically. In the absence of ...
