Browsing Economics - Master's degree by Title
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Bombs and ballots : estimating the effect of the Madrid bombings on the March 2004 general elections in Spain
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Whether or not the Madrid March 11th 2004 terrorist attacks affected the outcome of the Spanish general elections three days later has been the source of great controversy in the last years. This paper analyzes Spanish ... -
Counting votes right : strategic voters versus strategic parties
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)This thesis, joint with F. Mezzanotti, provides a lower bound for the extent of strategic voting. Voters are strategic if they switch their vote from their favorite candidate to one of the main contenders in a tossup ... -
The dynamics of growth and economic analysis of nuclear power generating industries based on plutonium converter and breeder reactors
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An econometric analysis of an institutional forecasting model for U.S. Army enlistments
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Economic stabilization policies in Argentina during Menem's presidency (1989-1991)
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Economies of scale in the U.S. life insurance industry : an econometric analysis
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Empirical study of new Keynesian model using cointegrated VAR : what New Zealand data tell us
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Econometric analysis of rational expectations models has been a widely studied topic in the macro-econometric literature. This thesis looks in particular at evaluating Neokeynesian model (NKM) with respect to its conformity ... -
Federal sponsorship of university research
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Growing Pains in financial development : institutional weakness and investment efficiency
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)There is little evidence that the expansion of microfinance has reduced poverty, but is instead increasingly associated with problematic multiple borrowing at high interest rates and high levels of debt and default. We ... -
The incidence of U.S. agricultural subsidies on farmland rental rates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)This paper identifies the effect of agricultural subsidies on farmland rental rates in the United States. Rental agreements are primarily between farmers and non-farmer landlords, but no evidence exists concerning the ... -
Innovation incentives and competition in the hard disk drive industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)Firms in the hard disk drive industry are continually engaging in R & D and improving the quality of their products. We explore various determinants of the product innovation incentives for firms concerned with both their ... -
Labor risk sharing
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)In this paper we aim to test the extent of labor risk sharing exists in thai village economies. Specifically we test the null hypothesis of full risk sharing at the village level. We outline a simple planner's problem that ... -
On testing the Tradeoff Theory of capital structure with real options
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)We explain often anomalous results of capital structure tests by infusing tradeoff theory with real options. Of course one can explain almost everything using a soft qualitative theory. This paper's addition is to use a ... -
Optimal intertemporal decisions in imperfect capital markets
(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 ... -
Panel data models with nonadditive unobserved heterogeneity : estimation and inference
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)This paper considers fixed effects estimation and inference in linear and nonlinear panel data models with random coefficients and endogenous regressors. The quantities of interest - means, variances, and other moments of ... -
Predicting minimum savings in Thai villages
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)Amador Werning Angeletos (2006) characterize the conditions under which optimal saving/ consumption decision are determined by a minimum savings policy. I test this model empirically against data from the Townsend Thai ... -
Private information and price regulation In the US credit card market
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017)Lenders typically learn new information about their borrowers over time but can be restricted from repricing debt in response to this information. I study a leading example of such re-pricing restrictions, the 2009 Credit ... -
The spatial clustering of occupations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Workers in similar occupations cluster, much like firms in similar industries. This may be due to firm clustering, but I propose a supply-side mechanism that may also provide an explanation. When workers face a risk of ... -
Supply response to consumer inertia : strategic pricing in Medicare Part D
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)A growing literature has documented evidence that consumers in health insurance markets are inertial, or behave as though they face substantial switching costs in choosing a health insurance plan. I investigate whether the ... -
Variation in marginal tax rates around retirement and the return to saving in tax-favored accounts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)Economists have generally assumed that to the extent possible, retirement savings should be done in a tax-deferred account. However, the advent of Roth-style tax-favored accounts and concerns about the tax implications of ...
