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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Some dynamic economic models of the firm a microeconomic analysis with emphasis on firms that maximize other goals than profit alone /

Ekman, Elon V. January 1978 (has links)
Thesis--Stockholm School of Economics. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.
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Cyclical variation in the productivity of labor

Mork, Knut Anton 06 March 2006 (has links)
A revision of parts of the author's thesis, (Ph.D.) in the M.I.T. Dept. of Economics, 1977.
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Insider trading, asymmetric information, and market liquidity : three essays on market microstructure

Vo, Minh Tue, 1965- January 2002 (has links)
No description available.
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Estimating cross-elasticities between public and private goods /

Vehorn, Charles L. January 1977 (has links)
No description available.
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Social Attachment and House Prices as Determinants of Mobility Among the Elderly in the US: An Empirical Study Using Longitudinal Data

Pimentel, Wilder R 01 May 2023 (has links) (PDF)
The rapid growth of the older population in the United States has led to a considerable upsurge in the housing market. This marks a pivotal moment for assessing the affordability and availability of housing, as well as the demand for housing based on geographical locations. These factors will be of paramount importance for the aging population in the future. The first part of the study will focus on analyzing the effect of house and area prices on residential mobility, as well as to explore differences in this effect among younger and older elderly individuals. We find that elderly individuals are more likely to move when the destination home is relatively more expensive than their current home, which contradicts the life-cycle housing consumption hypothesis of capital expenditure in old age. In the second part, we focus on the impact of social attachment and mobility for within-state and out-of-state. The results show that individuals prefer to move within-state to outside, the more attached they are to an area. The results have differences among race and education. In the third part, we focus on the effect of social connections with distance traveled conditional on mobility. The results suggest that individuals are willing to travel farther distances, the more attached they are to a location.
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Essays on strategic voting

Mendes, Tiago January 2010 (has links)
In this thesis we extend the study of strategic voting to two frameworks that are novel to the literature. First, by analysing a four-party competition with purely instrumentally motivated voters (Part I); second, by focusing on a three-party competition where voters have instrumental and expressive motivations (Part II). We aim to explore an existing gap in the literature and, in particular, to investigate the possibility of a voting equilibrium with partial strategic voting and its stability. The three sub-models studied in Part I (including essay 1) and the model in Part II (including essays 2, 3 and 4) focus on the case of large electorates and include public uncertainty. This distinguishes them from Cox (1997), where no real uncertainty exists as the electorate gets large, and Myatt (2006), which includes both public and private information. Essays 2 and 3 present and explore the theoretical framework and implications for the model chosen for Part II and essay 4 applies it to the 1997 UK General Election. From essay 1 we obtain the result that in a single-ballot simple-plurality election there is a tendency towards the Duvergerian equilibrium in a four-party model. Also, an equilibrium with partial strategic voting is never stable. From essays 2 and 3 three main results arise: a Duvergerian equilibrium is never possible; a stable equilibrium always exists; and more information leads to less strategic voting – contrary to Myatt (2006). Both the impossibility of any Duvergerian equilibrium and the possibility of a stable interior equilibrium in multiple cases are central to our theory of voting that includes an expressiveness component. The simulations in essay 4 suggest that a very low level of expressiveness is needed to obtain a level of strategic voting compatible with the findings in Fisher (2004). The theory predicts the impossibility of some constituency results that are in fact frequently observed in British elections. Cox (1997), Making Votes Count. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Fisher (2004), ), Definition and Measurement of Tactical Voting: the Role of Rational Choice, British Journal of Political Science, 34(1), 152-66. Myatt (2006), On the Theory of Strategic Voting, Review of Economics Studies, Blackwell Publishing vol. 74(1), pages 255-281.
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Essays on the macroeconomics of saving. / CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection

January 2013 (has links)
本論文集收錄了三篇關於儲蓄的宏觀經濟學及其相關領域的文章。 / 第一篇文章討論儲蓄和跨期替代問題。在這篇文章中我們研究在新古典增長模型中,當採用不為1的要素替代彈性和非常數的跨期替代彈性時產生不同的儲蓄動態的問題。使用一般化的效用函數和生產函數,我們的結論覆蓋了現實中的各種儲蓄率變化形式,包括單調遞增、遞減、鐘形和U型。在此我們使用Stone-Geary效用函數和CES生產函數作為一個特例來說明問題。使用相點陣圖分析方法,我們得出了可以導致不同儲蓄率動態的充分和必要條件。我們的數量測驗支持理論的結果。作為一個擴展,接下來我們討論了連續時間OLG模型中的儲蓄率動態。當放鬆偏好和技術兩方面的假設時,我們依然得出了類似於新古典模型的豐富的儲蓄率動態。 / 第二篇文章是一個關於可變IES假設的經驗研究。在這篇文章中我們研究了跨期替代彈性的跨國差異,以及在某一特定國家的增長路徑中其可能的變化。在估計中我們使用了不同形式的歐拉方程模型,尤其是具有Stone-Geary效用形式的約束條件的模型。我們使用東亞和南亞國家面板資料的研究不能拒絶遞增IES的假設。使用兩個典型亞洲國家:日本和韓國的時間序列研究也得出了IES在經濟增長過程中遞增的結論。這一結果給第一章中的理論發現提供了經驗支持,與這些國家的儲蓄率動態變化情況也是相吻合的。 / 第三篇文章在一個具有不對稱生產技術的兩國開放經濟模型中採用數量方法探討了中國的高儲蓄率和經常帳戶不平衡問題。我們估計了中國和OECD國家的生產函數參數,發現中國生產函數中的要素替代彈性和資本份額都要明顯大於發達國家,其中中國的要素替代彈性大於1,而資本份額大于0.5,與文獻中的結論相近。在數量研究部分,我們發現在有中國式的高TFP增長之時,具有估計出的不對稱技術參數的模型能產生高得多的儲蓄和經常帳戶餘額,在2000年之前尤其與現實資料相吻合。而具有對稱技術參數的標準模型則得出了高經常帳戶赤字的結論,這與實際情況是矛盾的。 / This thesis consists of three essays on the issue of macroeconomics of saving and its related areas. / The first essay is on saving and intertemporal substitution. In this essay we study the possibility to generate different saving dynamics with a standard neoclassical growth framework, when allowing non-unitary factor elasticity of substitution (EOS) and non-constant intertemporal elasticity of substitution (IES). When employing both generalized utility and production function, our results can encompass all the varieties of saving patterns that are possible in the evidence, including monotonically increasing, decreasing, hump-shaped and U-shaped. We use the model with Stone-Geary utility and CES production function as a special case for illustration. Following the phase diagram approach, we have derived the necessary and sufficient conditions for the different saving dynamics. Our numerical tests can also support the theoretical findings. We have also studied the saving dynamics in another workhorse model, the OLG model with continuous time as an extension. When relaxing the assumptions in preference and technology, we also find rich transitional dynamics of saving that are close to those in the neoclassical model. / The second essay is an empirical study on the variable IES assumption. In this essay we study the cross-country difference with the intertemporal elasticity of substitution, as well as its possible changes in one country's growth transition. We test different forms of the Euler equation model, especially one with an increasing IES restriction as is implied by the Stone-Geary style utility function. Our estimation with the east and south Asia country panel data can not reject the increasing IES assumption. A time-series study on two typical Asian Country, Korea and Japan's IES also indicates an increasing IES in their growth path. These results provide some support to the theoretical findings in Chapter I, and are consistent with the countries' saving patterns in history. / The third essay investigates China's high saving rate and current account imbalance problem quantitatively in a two-country open economy macroeconomic model when using asymmetric production technologies. We estimate the production parameters for China and the OECD countries, and find that China's elasticity of substitution (EOS) and capital share in production are both higher than those of developed countries. While the estimated EOS of China is above one, the capital share of it is above 0.5 and close to the literature value. In the quantitative study, when there is high TFP growth rate, the model with estimated EOS and capital share can generate much higher saving and current account balance for China, which match the real series very well especially before the year 2000, while the standard model with symmetric production parameters predicts large current account deficits and is contrary to the evidence. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Luo, Gongshu. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Contents --- p.iv / Chapter 1 --- Saving and Intertemporal Substitution --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Saving in the Neoclassical Model --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Model Specification --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Equilibrium Saving Rate --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Transitional Dynamics of Saving --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- A Numerical Study --- p.21 / Chapter 1.3 --- Saving in the Perpetual Youth Model --- p.25 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Model Specification --- p.26 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Different Utility Forms --- p.28 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- Saving Dynamics --- p.34 / Chapter 1.3.4 --- A Numerical Study --- p.35 / Chapter 1.4 --- Conclusion --- p.36 / Reference --- p.38 / Chapter Tables and Figures --- p.40 / Chapter 2 --- An Empirical Study on Intertemporal Substitution --- p.49 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.49 / Chapter 2.2 --- Theory of Variable IES --- p.54 / Chapter 2.3 --- Estimating IES --- p.59 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- The Euler Equation Approach --- p.60 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Liquidity Constraint Model --- p.62 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Extensions on Estimating IES --- p.63 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- On Testing Variable IES --- p.64 / Chapter 2.4 --- Methodology --- p.67 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- The Non-linear GMM Method --- p.67 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Model to be Tested --- p.69 / Chapter 2.5 --- Data Issues --- p.71 / Chapter 2.6 --- Estimation Results --- p.75 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Cross-country Panel Study --- p.75 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Single-country Time Series Study --- p.78 / Chapter 2.7 --- Conclusion --- p.82 / Reference --- p.84 / Chapter Tables and Figures --- p.87 / Chapter 3 --- Production Differences and Current Account Imbalance --- p.94 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.94 / Chapter 3.2 --- Estimation on Capital Share and EOS --- p.100 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Model Specification --- p.101 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Data Construction --- p.103 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Estimation Results --- p.104 / Chapter 3.3 --- A Two-Country Open Economy Model --- p.107 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Model Setup --- p.107 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Competitive Equilibrium --- p.109 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Equilibrium conditions --- p.109 / Chapter 3.4 --- A Quantitative Study --- p.110 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Calibration --- p.111 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Parameters --- p.112 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Initial and Steady-State Conditions --- p.112 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Basic Results --- p.113 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Some Special Features of the Model --- p.116 / Chapter 3.4.6 --- Counterfactural Experiments and Sensitivity Analysis --- p.117 / Chapter 3.4.7 --- A Discussion on the Role of IES --- p.119 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion --- p.121 / Reference --- p.123 / Chapter Tables and Figures --- p.125
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Three essays on nonwage compensation

Johnson, Matthew Slater 07 December 2016 (has links)
An employment relationship consists of many dimensions other than monetary compensation. Textbook economic theory implies employers and employees will agree upon an efficient level of such nonwage compensation based on an employee's preferences and the employer's cost. At the same time, most types of nonwage compensation are set in a context of substantial regulation, legal restrictions, and other interventions. This dissertation investigates how regulatory intervention and other changes to the external environment affect firms' decisions regarding two types of nonwage compensation: workplace safety and employment mobility. Chapter One investigates how media coverage of employers caught violating workplace safety and health regulations affects future compliance. Using quasi-random variation in media coverage induced by a policy change at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), I find coverage about one employer leads to significantly higher compliance among other employers likely exposed to it. The results are most consistent with employers acting defensively to avoid their own future publicity. This work contributes to a growing literature investigating how providing information to stakeholders about sellers' quality leads to quality improvements. Chapter Two examines how workplaces respond to health and safety regulatory enforcement inspections. We first analyze the effects of randomized inspections on safety and business outcomes of inspected workplaces. We find inspections lead to significantly fewer injuries and have no detectable effect on business outcomes. We then attempt to identify the types of workplaces where inspections are more or less effective. Chapter Three investigates why employers have employees sign non-compete agreements (NCAs), which contractually limit where the employee can work in the event of a job separation. NCAs may solve hold-up problems that limit incentives to invest in transferable assets (e.g. general human capital). At the same time, NCAs may impose large costs on employees who sign them. We develop a model of how labor market conditions and liquidity constraints can jointly determine the decision to include an NCA in a hiring contract. We find strong support for the model's predictions using a survey we conducted among employers in the high-end hair salon industry, one in which NCAs are a large and growing phenomenon.
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The economics of beautification and beauty

von Bose, Caroline Marie 12 September 2013 (has links)
The first chapter examines adolescent beauty as a potential originator of the observed wage premium for adult beauty and finds that adolescent beauty has its own separate effect on adult wages. Adolescent beauty also affects early human capital development, as evidenced by its significant impact on educational outcomes. Changes in beauty over time are shown to be positively correlated with changes in wages for full-time workers, and changes in beauty are generally not correlated with appearance-related choice variables. I explore the possibility that self-confidence and social capital are potential mechanisms through which adolescent attractiveness affects future wages but find that these do not change the magnitude of the effects of adolescent beauty, although they are of themselves significant determinants of wages. The second chapter examines the effects of personal grooming behaviors on earnings and shows evidence that these effects are due to persistent differences in preferences or productivity between workers displaying different grooming choices and not statistical discrimination on the part of employers. In a longitudinal sample of lawyers graduating from the same law school, men who wear glasses and men with facial hair face an earnings penalty in first-year income and to some extent in subsequent years. Some grooming behaviors are positively correlated with income in the 1970's cohort and negatively correlated with income in the 1980's cohort (and vice versa), suggesting that fashion signals change relatively quickly. I also find that grooming behaviors are correlated with beauty ratings and that the beauty premium is unaffected by earnings, but the estimated effects of some grooming behaviors partially result from their correlation with beauty. I do not find evidence that grooming behaviors act as a signaling mechanism in the labor market. The third chapter evaluates the claim that design piracy is beneficial to certain status-goods firms. It builds on Pesendorfer's model of fashion cycles by introducing the possibility of design imitation for a market in which designs are used as a signaling mechanism. There exist equilibria in which both the designer and imitator are active in the market, but there are no conditions under which imitation is profitable to the designer. Under some conditions the presence of a potential imitator will ensure that the designer does not produce at all. / text
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The application of microeconomic theory to manpower management

Porter, Thomas Ransom 12 1900 (has links)
No description available.

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