Diese Dissertation besteht aus drei eigenständigen Arbeiten, die unterschiedliche Auswirkungen von Arbeitsmarktunvollkommenheiten auf heterogene Arbeiter betrachten. Die erste Arbeit zeigt anhand eines spieltheoretischen Modells, dass lediglich Koordinations- und Informationsfriktionen...

ABSTRACTMIN, KYUNG-SEOL, An Empirical Investigation of Lending to Small Businesses. (Under the direction of Douglas K. Pearce and Karlyn Mitchell.) This dissertation analyzes lenders' two important decisions (loan approval decision and loan rate decision) in their loan evaluation procedures...

We consider misconceptions about the functioning of the economy as one possible explanation for the emergence of crises in democracies. Furthermore, we study a political process which may lead to successful reform. First of all, we show that voters can make inefficient decisions concerning...