Browsing by Author "Ghosh, Pallab"

Now showing items 1-10 of 10

    • Economic reforms in developing economies 

      Chaure, Trupti (2021-08-05)
      This dissertation comprises three essays on policy program impact evaluation. The first essay (chapter 1) looks at the Employment Guarantee Act policy and its effect on the child sex ratio. The second essay (Chapter 2) ...

    • Essays in development economics 

      Das, Saini (2021-08-05)
      My dissertation chapters study the impact of environmental factors on outcomes of human functioning. The first chapter studies the impact of heat stress during a primary school leaving exam in Indonesia on outcomes in ...

    • ESSAYS ON INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT TREATIES, INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTES AND DOUBLE TAX TREATIES 

      Yayi, L. Constant (2017-12-15)
      Chapter 1 explores the effects of international investment treaties on institutional quality. Capital importing countries use bilateral investment treaties (BITs) as a means to attract foreign investors who see these ...

    • Non-market adaptations to climate change and recreational policy evaluation: three essays in environmental and applied microeconomics 

      O'Connor, Sean (2021-05-14)
      The first chapter examines the role of non-market behavioral adaptation to climate change in the United States for the case of outdoor leisure with a novel estimation procedure that accounts for both short-run weather and ...

    • Three applied essays on Chinese households 

      Liu, Xiao (2020-07-30)
      My dissertation chapters focus on Chinese households decision making under specific government policies. The first chapter is a collaborative work with my advisor Dr. Gregory Burge. It focuses on a public healthcare program ...

    • Three Essays in Applied Macroeconomics and Financial Economics 

      Tayebi, Amir (2022-07-28)
      The first chapter studies the relationship between democratization and production of knowledge. Using bibliographic and patents data, we show that there is a positive and strong impact of democratization on the formation ...

    • Three Essays in Corporate Finance 

      Abeysekera, Amal (2020-05-08)
      This dissertation comprises of three essays. The first essay (Chapter 1) looks at the incidence of sexual harassment in U.S. S&P 500 firms, and its relationship to shareholder value. The second essay (Chapter 2) is an ...

    • THREE ESSAYS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH 

      Duan, Yi (2017-10)
      My dissertation chapters focus on economic development and economic growth. Chapter 1 investigates the effects of bilateral FDI flows on host countries’ productivity growth as well as on the productivity gap between host ...

    • Three Essays on Energy Finance 

      Zhang, Huiming (2023-08-04)
      The field of energy finance is currently confronted with new challenges in the ever-evolving global landscape, characterized by dynamic changes in fundamental factors and shifting economic conditions. Understanding the ...

    • THREE ESSAYS ON THE U.S. AIRLINE INDUSTRY 

      Liu, Zexuan (2016)
      My research uses cutting-edge econometric techniques to isolate and identify the impact of various changes in the U.S. airline industry, whether coming from an endogenous change in the market structure such as merger, or ...