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Immigration, unemployment and human-capital acquisition

Lumpe, Christian - 2008

The following dissertation is a collection of four stand-alone research papers. The focus of my research is on the interplay of immigration, native human-capital investment and the resulting consequences for the labour market outcome of natives and necessary implications for the immigration...

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AGENT–BASED KEYNESIAN MACROECONOMICS - An Evolutionary Model Embedded in an Agent–Based Computer Simulation

Oeffner, Marc - 2008

Computersimulation, welche im Gebiet der Geldtheorie anzusiedeln ist. Agentenbasierte Computersimulationen sind innovative Werkzeuge, die … Transmissionsmechanismus knüpft an die Arbeiten Knut Wicksells im Bereich der Geldtheorie an. Darüber hinaus beinhaltet das Modell viele … und Variablen umfasst. Da es bis heute keine vergleichbare Arbeit auf dem Gebiet der Geldtheorie gibt, musste sich das …

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Signaling and search in humanitarian giving: models of donor and organization behavior in the humanitarian space

Wardell, Clarence L. - 2009

At its core, this dissertation examines the role of information, particularly as it relates to proxies for quality, and how it affects both donor and organization decision processes in the humanitarian space. In Chapter 2 I consider the context of competition within the sub-sector of...

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For sale by owner: When to use a broker and how to price the house

Salant, Stephen W. - 1991

By using a broker, the owner of a house can speed up his search for buyers but must pay a percentage of the sale price as a commission. Nonstationarities inherent in the housing market may make it optimal to market a house “by-owner” at the outset and to retain a broker only if the house...

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Three Essays on Industrial Organization

Lee, Yang Seung - 2008

The dissertation discusses issues in the field of industrial organization. When the government provides better infrastructure to competing firms for innovation, private firms' R&D expenditures are affected. When the government doesn't assure project completion, the uncertainty impacts private...

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Money and Production: A Pluralist Analysis

Weir, Diarmid J. G. - 2008

The purpose of this thesis is to argue that the core of a monetary economy is a network of triangular contracts between banks, firms, workers and capital goods suppliers. Not only does this network give rise to the creation and valuation of money but it is the organising feature of modern...

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New Keynesian Perspectives on Monetary Policy and the Business Cycle in Closed Economies and Monetary Unions

Mayer, Eric - 2006

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