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Sæther, Arild Sandelin, Bo Kærgård, Niels,
Scandinavia includes in a narrow sense Denmark, Norway and Sweden, which have similar languages and have strongly influenced one another. Nevertheless, it is possible to distinguish different historie...
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Qian, Nancy,
This dissertation is a collection of three independent essays in empirical development economics using data from China. In the first two chapters, I examine the determinants of choices within the hous...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32399
Lutz, Byron F,
This thesis is a collection of three empirical essays on the economics of local public goods. Chapter One examines the marginal propensity of local governments to spend out of lump- sum grant income. ...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32403
Greenstone, Michael Gayer, Ted,
This paper argues that an increased application of quasi-experimental and experimental techniques will improve understanding about core environmental economics questions. This argument is supported by...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/51856
Ramalho, Rita Maria, 1975-,
This thesis is a collection of three essays on development economics and finance. The first chapter studies the 1992 presidential impeachment in Brazil to evaluate the impact of an anti-corruption dri...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17630
Leao, Joao, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
This dissertation consists of three chapters in Industrial Economics. Chapter 1 is the product of joint work with Filippo Balestrieri. In chapter 1 we examine the use of lotteries among horizontal dif...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45904
Ruthbah, Ummul Hasanath,
This dissertation is a collection of three independent papers in empirical development economics. The first chapter studies the effect of a family planning program in Bangladesh, which successfully re...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38609
McKnight, Robin,
This thesis brings together three essays on issues in the economics of health insurance. The first study considers the effects of average per-patient caps on Medicare reimbursement for home health car...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/32713
Angrist, Joshua Pischke, Jorn-Steffen,
Just over a quarter century ago, Edward Leamer (1983) reflected on the state of empirical work in economics. He urged empirical researchers to“take the con out of econometrics” and memorably observed ...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54195
Gottlieb, Daniel, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
This thesis is a collection of essays on contract theory and behavioral economics. Chapter 1 proposes a model of choice under risk based on imperfect memory and self-deception. The model assumes that ...
complete descriptionhttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49704
