Browsing by Author "David Parsley"

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    • Econometric Approaches to Strategic Interactions in Trade Agreements 
      Ratsimbazafy, Francis Ralambotsiferana (2019-07-10)
      Department: Economics
      Strategic interactions change the outcome and the duration of a trade agreement, but it is hard to estimate their effects. First, countries chose their partners in Free Trade Agreement (FTA) based on other countries’ ...
    • Essays on financial integration, financial development and economic growth 
      Yang, Xiu (2012-07-23)
      Department: Economics
      This dissertation studies the relationships among financial development, financial integration and growth. Chapter One motivates the dissertation by discussing the importance of financial market development and financial ...
    • Essays on international real business cycle models and Bayesian estimation 
      Chen, Kan (2013-07-29)
      Department: Economics
      My dissertation consists of three essays that study the properties of international business cycle, and the underline driving forces of their comovement. In the first essay, I check the determinants of business cycle ...
    • Essays On International Trade And Labor Market Outcomes 
      Tempesti, Tommaso (2011-08-03)
      Department: Economics
      The debate over the effects of globalization remains lively. The first chapter of the dissertation makes the point that the use of datasets that contain data on individual workers holds the promise of advancing this debate. ...
    • Financial intermediation costs: effects on business cycles, delayed recoveries and relative consumption volatility 
      Sapci, Ayse (2013-05-23)
      Department: Economics
      This dissertation explores a largely ignored phenomenon, financial intermediation costs and their effects on business cycles. By constructing a unique micro level, high frequency dataset that contains intermediation cost ...
    • Free banking: a reassessment using bank-level data 
      Jaremski, Matthew Steven (2010-07-16)
      Department: Economics
      Through a unique collection of compositional (e.g. balance sheets and note discounts) and environmental (e.g. bond portfolio values and passenger travel costs) data for most of the antebellum banks, this dissertation ...
    • Three Essays on the New Chinese Economy 
      Xiao, Sheng (2006-03-24)
      Department: Economics
      Over the past two decades, China has been the world’s fastest-growing economy. My dissertation focuses on several important issues in China’s recent development and reform: (1) Financial development and economic growth. ...