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  • Essays on international macroeconomics 
    Rees, Daniel Morgan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
    This thesis examines the impact of terms of trade shocks on commodity-exporting small, open economies. The first chapter examines whether households, firms and policymakers in these economies can distinguish between temporary ...
  • Optimal intertemporal decisions in imperfect capital markets 
    Cardenas, Ruben Ojeda (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
    Optimal intertemporal investment solution paths are derived for both, firms operating in perfect financial markets and those facing credit constraints, due to imperfect capital markets. However, as in these markets, saving ...
  • Essays on financial economics 
    Vargas Mendoza, Alberto (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
    This thesis consists of three independent essays on Financial Economics. In chapter one I investigate the possible mispricing of European-style options in the Mexican Stock Exchange. The source of this problem is that when ...
  • Empirical essays on firm behavior in India 
    Ryan, Nicholas (Nicholas James) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
    In this thesis, I study the behavior of industrial firms in India in the electricity market and with respect to locational choice and environmental regulation. In the first chapter, I study the competitive effects of ...
  • Essays on innovation, productivity, and talent allocation 
    Shu, Pian (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
    This thesis contains three essays on innovation, productivity, and talent allocation. The first essay explores a novel channel through which short-term economic fluctuations affect the long-term innovative output of the ...
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