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Essays on Urban Economics

Author: Ghizlen Ouasbaa Azzouani

Defense date: March 8, 2024

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé | Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

Research fields: Development Economics | Political Economy | Urban Economics |

Essays on Redistribution

Author: Clàudia Serra Sala

Defense date: December 11, 2023

Advisor/s: Dirk Foremny | Pilar Sorribas

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Research fields: Political Economy | Public Economics |

Essays on political economy and matching markets

Author: Gerard Domènech i Gironell

Defense date: November 22, 2023

Advisor/s: Marina Núñez | Oriol Tejada Pinyol

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Research fields: Game Theory | Political Economy | Public Economics |

Empirical Essays on Economics and Language

Author: Bernat Mallén Alberdi

Defense date: November 21, 2023

Advisor/s: Antonio di Paolo | Raúl Ramos | Ramon Caminal (UAB)

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Research fields: Economics of Education | Labour & Demographic Economics |

Essays on Firm Behavior in International Trade

Author: Akin A. Cilekoglu

Defense date: November 13, 2023

Advisor/s: Raúl Ramos | Rosina Moreno

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Essays on Public Economics and Public Policy Evaluation – Methods and Applications

Author: Ferran A.Mazaira-Font

Defense date: September 29, 2023

Advisor/s: Daniel Albalate | Germà Bel

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Research fields: Political Economy | Public Economics | Regional Economics | Regulation Economics | Transport Economics |

Essays on Dynamic Games, Sustainable Endogenous Growth and Regime Shifts

Author: Carles Mañó-Cabello

Defense date: July 21, 2023

Advisor/s: Jesús Marín-Solano | Jorge Navas

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Research fields: Economic Growth | Environmental and Resource Economics | Game Theory | Mathematical Economics |

Struggling Workers in a Changing World: Three Essays on Labour Economics and Political Economy

Author: Liliana Cuccu

Defense date: July 20, 2023

Advisor/s: Vicente Royuela

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Research fields: Regional Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on Tail Risks in Macroeconomics

Author: Ignacio Garrón

Defense date: July 14, 2023

Advisor/s: Helena Chuliá | Jorge Mario Uribe

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Research fields: Financial Econometrics |

Essays in Health Economics

Author: Grace Victoria Armijos Bravo

Defense date: May 22, 2023

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé | Judit Vall Castelló

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Research fields: Health Economics | Labour & Demographic Economics |

Essays on structural transformations: remittances, fertility and informality

Author: Arianna Garofalo

Defense date: February 6, 2023

Advisor/s: Marc Teignier | Xavier Raurich

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Research fields: Economic Growth | Macroeconomics |

Three Essays on Dynamic Games with Asymmetric Agents

Author: Joakim Alderborn

Defense date: January 17, 2023

Advisor/s: Jesús Marín-Solano

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Research fields: Mathematical Economics |

Essays on Educational Inequality and Policy

Author: Guilherme Strifezzi Leal

Defense date: July 28, 2022

Advisor/s: Álvaro B. Choi Mendizábal

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Research fields: Economics of Education |

Local Public Service Provision and Delivery. Economic Analysis and Policy Evaluation

Author: Marianna Sëbo

Defense date: November 10, 2022

Advisor/s: Germà Bel

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Research fields: Industrial Organization | Public Economics | Regulation Economics |

Essays on Urban Economics

Author: Filippo Tassinari

Defense date: September 14, 2022

Advisor/s: Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal | Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López (UAB)

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Research fields: Transport Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on Industrial Clusters: Smart Specialization Strategy and regional resilience

Author: Viviana Elizabeth Zárate Mirón

Defense date: July 7, 2022

Advisor/s: Elisenda Paluzie | Rosina Moreno

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Essays on Empirical Evaluation of Development Programs

Author: Anastasiya Yarygina Udovenko

Defense date: July 7, 2022

Advisor/s: Daniel Albalate | Julian Cristia (IDB)

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Research fields: Economics of Education | Public Economics |

Essays on Skilled Labor Force and Structural Transformations

Author: Cyinthia Armas

Defense date: June 15, 2022

Advisor/s: Fernando Sánchez-Losada | Xavier Raurich

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Research fields: Economic Growth | Financial Econometrics | Macroeconomics | Urban Economics |

Optimal environmental policy in an integrated global production network

Author: Jordi Planelles

Defense date: March 25, 2022

Advisor/s: José García-Quevedo | María Eugenia Sanin (Paris-Saclay)

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Public Economics | Regulation Economics |

Three Essays on the Geography of Innovation: The Role of Transportation Networks and Institutions

Author: Georgios Tsiachtsiras

Defense date: March 25, 2022

Advisor/s: Ernest Miguelez (CNRS - University of Bordeaux) | Rosina Moreno

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Research fields: Economic Growth | Regional Economics |

Essays on Urban Mobility and Gender Inequality

Author: Juan Torrecillas

Defense date: December 10, 2021

Advisor/s: Jordi Jofre Monseny | Lídia Farré

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Research fields: Economics of Education | Labour & Demographic Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on the Effect of International Migration on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Europe

Author: Stefano Fusaro

Defense date: October 27, 2021

Advisor/s: Enrique López-Bazo

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Regional Economics |

Essays on Development Economics

Author: Henry Bernard Moscoso

Defense date: October 13, 2021

Advisor/s: Joan Calzada

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Research fields: Development Economics | Industrial Organization | Regulation Economics |

Essays in Development and Environmental Economics

Author: Jeffrey Pagel

Defense date: October 4, 2021

Advisor/s: Alfonso Herranz | Miquel-Àngel Garcia-López (UAB)

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Research fields: Development Economics | Environmental and Resource Economics |

Causes and Consequences of the Housing Affordability Crisis

Author: Rodrigo Martínez

Defense date: July 9, 2021

Advisor/s: Jordi Jofre Monseny,

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Research fields: Public Economics | Urban Economics |

Essays on Networks and Crime

Author: Magalena Domínguez

Defense date: July 9, 2021

Advisor/s: Daniel Montolio

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Research fields: Political Economy |

Essays on Fiscal and Monetary Policies

Author: Ivan Hajdukovic

Defense date: July 8, 2021

Advisor/s: Raúl Ramos

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Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Macroeconomics | Public Economics |

Essays on Immigration and Political Economy

Author: Alessio Romarri

Defense date: July 2, 2021

Advisor/s: Javier Vázquez | Ruben Durante (UPF)

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Research fields: Political Economy |

Risk Analytics in Econometrics

Author: Jessica Pesantez-Narvaez

Defense date: June 2, 2021

Advisor/s: Manuela Alcañiz | Montserrat Guillen

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Research fields: Risk and Insurance |

Essays on the Economics of Social Dilemmas

Author: Giorgos Papadomichelakis

Defense date: November 5, 2020

Advisor/s: Concepció Patxot | Francesc Dilmé

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Research fields: Behavioral and Experimental Economics | Game Theory | Public Economics |

Essays on Environmental Policy and Green Investment

Author: Kinga B. Tchórzewska

Defense date: October 30, 2020

Advisor/s: José García-Quevedo

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Research fields: Development Economics | Environmental and Resource Economics | Public Economics |

Economic regulation and efficiency of electricity systems

Author: Daniel Daví Arderius

Defense date: October 9, 2020

Advisor/s: Elisa Trujillo-Baute | María Teresa Costa-Campi

Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Regulation Economics |

One Renewable Energy Innovation and its Knowledge Flow’s Sources and Nature

Author: Diego Ocampo Corrales

Defense date: September 30, 2020

Advisor/s: Jordi Suriñach | Rosina Moreno

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Essays on the Political Economy of Government Fragmentation

Author: Marc Puigmulé-Solà

Defense date: September 17, 2020

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé | Pilar Sorribas

Research fields: Political Economy | Public Economics |

Essays on Liquidity in Financial Markets

Author: Christoph Koser

Defense date: September 14, 2020

Advisor/s: Helena Chuliá | Jorge Mario Uribe

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Research fields: Financial Econometrics |

Three essays on commodity prices

Author: Nicola Rubino

Defense date: September 10, 2020

Advisor/s: Josep Lluís Carrion-i-Silvestre

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Machine Learning Applied Methods

Author: Sebastián Palacio

Defense date: July 23, 2020

Advisor/s: Joan-Ramon Borrell

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Research fields: Regulation Economics |

Essays on the Political Economy of Urbanization and Climate Change

Author: Pierre Magontier

Defense date: July 21, 2020

Advisor/s: Albert Solé-Ollé | Elisabet Viladecans-Marsal

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Research fields: Environmental and Resource Economics | Political Economy | Urban Economics |

Essays on Labor Markets and Institutions

Author: Tania Fernández-Navia

Defense date: July 20, 2020

Advisor/s: Concepció Patxot | Lídia Farre

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Research fields: Behavioral and Experimental Economics | Labour & Demographic Economics | Public Economics |

Essays on Regulation, Liberalization and Privatization in Energy Markets

Author: Carlos Suárez

Defense date: July 15, 2020

Advisor/s: Joan-Ramon Borrell | Germà Bel

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Research fields: Industrial Organization | Regulation Economics |

Essays on the ECB Monetary Policy’s Impact on Non-Financial Firms

Author: Lior Cohen

Defense date: June 26, 2020

Advisor/s: Marta Gómez-Puig | Simon Sosvilla Rivero

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Research fields: Financial Econometrics |

Essays on Wealth Taxation, Avoidance and Evasion among the Rich

Author: Mariona Mas Montserrat

Defense date: January 24, 2020

Advisor/s: Alejandro Esteller-Moré | José María Durán

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Research fields: Behavioral and Experimental Economics | Public Economics |

Three Empirical Essays on Comparative Advantage & Productivity Growth in Asia

Author: Bushra Riaz

Defense date: January 15, 2020

Advisor/s: Elisenda Paluzie | Kristian Estevez

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Research fields: International Trade |

Essays on Public Policies and Socioeconomic Disparities

Author: María Cecilia Olivieri Agazzi

Defense date: October 15, 2019

Advisor/s: Xavier Fageda

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Research fields: Transport Economics |

Essays in health and labour economics

Author: Xavier Bartoll

Defense date: September 27, 2019

Advisor/s: Raul Ramos

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Research fields: Health Economics | Labour & Demographic Economics |

R&D offshoring and firm’s innovativeness: The role of firms’, regional, and sectoral characteristics

Author: Damián Tojeiro Rivero

Defense date: September 13, 2019

Advisor/s: Rosina Moreno Serrano

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Research fields: Regional Economics |

Essays on Political Economy of Public Intergenerational Transfers

Author: Gianko Michailidis

Defense date: July 19, 2019

Advisor/s: Concepció Patxot | Gemma Abio

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Research fields: Labour & Demographic Economics | Macroeconomics | Political Economy | Public Economics |

Essays on Education, Fertility, and the Welfare State

Author: Niclas Frederic Poitiers

Defense date: July 11, 2019

Advisor/s: Xavier Raurich | Concepció Patxot

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Research fields: Economic Growth | Economics of Education | Labour & Demographic Economics | Macroeconomics |

From Being NICE to Being Tired: Essays in Health Economics

Author: Miquel Serra-Burriel

Defense date: July 5, 2019

Advisor/s: Joan-Ramon Borrell

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Research fields: Health Economics | Regulation Economics |

Essays on the Economics of Obesity

Author: Athina Raftopoulou

Defense date: January 28, 2019

Advisor/s: Joan Gil Trasfi

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Research fields: Health Economics | Public Economics |