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Empirical essays on finance and development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
The central focus of this dissertation is the role of financial instruments, in particular insurance and credit, in economic development. Motivated by the observation that exposure to the risk of extreme weather conditions ...
Essays on optimal insurance design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This dissertation consists of three chapters analyzing the optimal design of insurance contracts. I consider three relevant contexts that change the central trade-off between the provision of insurance and the provision ...
Productivity, education and changes in the labor force.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965)
Microeconomics of the family : three essays
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
Essays on the economics of income taxation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999)
The first chapter derives optimal income tax formulas using the concepts of compensated and uncompensated elasticities of earnings with respect to tax rates. This method of derivation casts new light on the original Mirrlees ...
Essays on entry regulation, institutions, and development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis is a collection of three essays on entry regulation, institutions, and development.Chapter 1 examines the effect of a business registration reform in Mexico on economic activity. This reform made registration ...
Essays on entrepreneurship
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
It is often argued that borrowing constraints are crucial to the understanding of entrepreneurial activity in the United States. However, portfolio data and calibration exercises raise doubts about the importance of borrowing ...
Essays on conflict, cooperation and economic development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
This dissertation consists of three chapters on topics relating to conflict, social cooperation and development economics. Several studies have identified the impact of adverse economic shocks on civil conflict using ...
Competing risks models of economic behavior : theory and applications to retirement and unemployment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987)
Essays in economic theory.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1976)