"This theme paper focuses on political institutions and their effects on social choice. Institutions are argued to play … molding and channeling preferences, institutions prescribe and constrain the set of choosing agents, the manner in which their … equilibrium outcomes in order to assess the importance of institutions for final outcomes. In so doing, we will have some …

This dissertation explores the role of efficiency of redistributive institutions (ERI)on redistribution. The first … empirically analyzes the role of efficiency ofredistributive institutions on redistribution in the form of social security and …

My thesis explores the following question: how workers of different skill are allocated across jobs and unemployment … high unemployment, as increased congestion in the labor market hinders workers from finding a suitable match. I focus on …-skill unemployment dynamics. I capture the across-skill search externalities and spillover effects that arise when low- and high …