Search for dissertations about: "behavioral economics"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 119 swedish dissertations containing the words behavioral economics.
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21. Essays on the Economics of Income Taxation
Abstract : This thesis consists of five self-contained essays.Essay 1. (with Sören Blomquist and Luca Micheletto) Using a calibrated overlapping-generations model we quantify the welfare gains of an age-dependent labor income tax. Agents face uncertainty regarding future abilities and can transfer consumption across periods through savings. READ MORE
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22. Multi-unit common value auctions : theory and experiments
Abstract : Research on auctions that involve more than one identical item for sale was,almost non-existing in the 90’s, but has since then been getting increasing attention. External incentives for this research have come from the US spectrum, sales, the European 3G mobile-phone auctions, and Internet auctions. READ MORE
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23. Essays in Financial Economics
Abstract : Chapter 1 develops a framework to investigate the impact of the financial crisis starting in 2007 and employs an extended GARCH model to test for spillover and contagion effects originating from the financial sector. We find that the financial crisis affects financially distressed firms more heavily than non-distressed firms. READ MORE
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24. Biased beliefs and heterogeneous preferences : essays in behavioral economics
Abstract : This dissertation is a collection of essays (chapters) on behavioral economics. Behavioral economics—arguably one of the most influential innovations in economics over the last 20 years—is a research paradigm introducing psychologically more realistic assumptions into economics. READ MORE
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25. Essays on Environmental and Behavioral Economics
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