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-2006-

Amrita Bhattacharyya, "Theoretical and Empirical Studies of Advertising In Specialized Markets" (advisor: Frank Gollop)

Shihe Fu, "Essays on Urban Agglomeration Economies" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Kolver Hernandez, "State-Dependent Nominal Rigidities & Economic Fluctuations" (advisor: Peter Ireland)

Emmanuel Lartey, "Capital Inflows, Dutch Disease Effects and Monetary Policy" (co-advisors: Fabio Ghironi and Peter Ireland)

Asli Leblebicioglu, "Essays on Financial Integration and Growth" (advisor: Fabio Schiantarelli)

Federico Mandelman, "Business Cycles: A Role for Imperfect Competition in the Banking System" (advisor: Fabio Ghironi)

Rasim Ozcan, "Essays on Auctions: Theoretical and Empirical Investigation" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Kameliia Petrova, "Essays on Entrepreneurship, Motivation and Autonomy" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Andrew Samuel, "Essays on the Economics of Corruption" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Bedri Tas, "Asymmetric Information, Stock Returns and Monetary Policy: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis" (advisor: Peter Ireland)

Paola Zerilli, "Essays in Asset Pricing" (advisor: Arthur Lewbel)

-2005-

Yuanyuan Chen, "Two essays on selection models and one essay on income inequality in rural China" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Zhihong Chen, "Three essays in applied econometrics" (advisor: Arthur Lewbel)

Boryana Dimitrova, "Two essays on habit formation in labor supply and one essay on long-term care insurance and Medicare" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Kelly Haverstick, "Gender differences in the effect of welfare on children in poverty" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Mariano Kulish, "Money, interest rates and monetary policy" (advisor: Peter Ireland)

Petronilla Nicoletti, "Sovereign debt and loss aversion" (advisor: Fabio Ghironi)

Petia Petrova, "Three essays on the applied microeconomics of households" (advisor: Donald Cox)

Sabina Pogorelec, "Fiscal and monetary policy in the European Union" (advisor: Peter Ireland)

Francesco Zanetti, "Non-Walrasian labor markets, business cycles, monetary and fiscal policies" (advisor: Peter Ireland)

-2004-

Elaine Fleming, "Provider Networks in Health Care Markets" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Zhining Hu, "Essays on Monetary Economics and Macroeconomics" (advisor: Peter N. Ireland)

Pavel Nazartsev, "Three Essays on Auctions and Market Structure" (advisor: Frank Gollop)

Pornpilai Ongardanunkul, "Theoretical and Empirical Studies on Products in the Presence of Network Externalities" (advisor: Frank Gollop)

Niki Papadopoulou, "Essays on the Monetary Transmission Mechanism: Theory and Empirical Analysis" (advisor: Peter N. Ireland)

Tairi Room, "Essays on Labor Markets and Empirical Finance" (advisor: Peter N. Ireland)

Mirco Soffritti, "Discretion versus Rules in a Small Open Economy" (advisor: Peter N. Ireland)

Yuriy Tchamourliyski, "Essays in Applied Economics" (advisor: James E. Anderson)

Anh Vu, "Essays on the Political Economy of Economic Reform in Vietnam" (co-advisors: James E. Anderson and Richard Arnott)

-2003-

Tiziana Brancaccio, "Essays in Labor Economics" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Michael D. Giandrea, "The Impact of Mergers on Productivity and Profits," (advisor: Frank Gollop)

Kamer Karakurum Özdemir, "A Test of the Credibility-Enhancing Role of the IMF: The Case of Mexico," (advisor: Christopher F Baum)

Rachida Ouysse, "Essays in Econometrics: Selection of Common Regressors in Large Panels and Finite Sample Analysis of Block Bootstrap in Nonlinear Models," (advisor: Jushan Bai)

Özlem Sayinta, "Exchange Rate Risk, Contract Enforcement, and Trade-A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation," (advisor: James E. Anderson)

Xiaomeng Yang, "Essays in International Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics," (advisor: Peter N. Ireland)

Eçe Yolas, "Essays on Bank Franchise Value and Small Business Lending" (advisor: Joe Peek)


-2002-

Helen C. Connolly, "Low-Educated Workers in the U.S. and Canada: Essays in Job Mobility and Self-Sufficiency" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Can Erbil, "Trade Taxes Are Better?!?" (advisor: James E. Anderson)

Vasso Ioannidou, "Financial Intermediaries and the Macroeconomy" (advisor: Joe Peek)

Ümit Özlale, "Essays on Central Banking" (advisor: Peter N. Ireland)

Cesare Robotti, "Essays in Empirical Asset Pricing" (advisors: Arthur Lewbel and Pierluigi Balduzzi)

Andreas Waldkirch, "Two Essays on Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment and One Essay on Intergenerational Linkages in Consumption Behavior" (advisor: James E. Anderson)

Maurizio Zanardi, "Essays on Antidumping and International Trade" (advisor: James E. Anderson)


-2001-

Kevin Cahill, "Heterogeneity in the Retirement Process: Patterns and Determinants of Labor Force Withdrawal among Individuals with Low-Wage and Short-Duration Jobs" (advisor: Joseph F. Quinn)

Metin Celebi, "Regulation of Line Capacity and Reliability in Electric Networks" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Nikolay P. Gospodinov, "Essays in Time Series Econometrics: Methods for Improved Finite-Sample Inference in Nonstationary, Noninvertible and Nonlinear Models" (advisors: Bruce Hansen and Serena Ng)

Charles Ian Mead, "The Effects of State and Local Taxation on State-Specific Business Investment" (advisor: Richard W. Tresch)

Antonio Menezes, "Two Essays on Productivity, Aggregate Shocks, and Job Flows" (advisor: Richard J. Arnott)

Maria Laura Parisi, "Essays on Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity" (advisor: Fabio Schiantarelli)

Mark A. Sarro, "Financial and Nonfinancial Determinants of Unmarried Birth and Welfare Participation: A Theoretical Model and Empirical Results" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Niloufer Sohrabji, "An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of Real Exchange Rate Targeting in Developing Countries" (advisor: Robert G. Murphy)

Soner Tunay, "Ratcheting in Environmental Regulations: An Empirical and Theoretical Analysis" (advisor: Richard J. Arnott)

An Yan, "Three Essays in Corporate Finance" (advisors: Richard J. Arnott and Thomas Chemmanur)

Yuichiro Yoshida, "Essays in Urban Transportation" (advisors: Richard J. Arnott and Marvin Kraus)


-2000-

Silvia Ardagna, "Essays on Fiscal Adjustments" (advisor: Fabio Schiantarelli)

Oriana Bandiera, "Economic Institutions in Developing Countries" (advisors: James E. Anderson and Richard J. Arnott)

Benoit Durand, "On the Efficiency of Vertical Territorial Restraints" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Emanuela Galasso, "Essays on the Welfare of Children in Developing Countries" (advisor: Richard J. Arnott)

Michael L. Hansen, "College Graduates in Non-College Jobs: Theory and Evidence" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Martin K. Konan, "Labor Hoarding and Unemployment in Central and Eastern Europe (1981-1995)" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Gurkan S. Oguz, "Investment, Money, and Stock Prices: Empirical Studies" (advisor: Harold Petersen)


-1999-

Minh Huynh, "The Labor Supply Decision of Transfer Recipients" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

Carol Kallman Kane, "State Mandates for Maternity Leave: Impact on Wages, Employment and Access to Leave" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)

David N. Mishol, "The Medicaid Reimbursement Program and Reported Nursing Care in the Massachusetts Long-Term Industry" (advisor: W. Bentley MacLeod)

Ayla Ogus, "Three Essays on Accidental Oil Spills" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Neslihan Ozkan, "Three Essays on Capital Investment and Finance" (advisor: Christopher F Baum)

Srikanth Seshadri, "Essays on Governance, Fiscal Policy and Growth" (advisor: Richard Arnott)

Gregory P. Swinand, "From Total Factor Productivity to Total Resource Productivity: Incorporating Trends in Pesticide Pollution into Productivity Growth Measures in U.S. Agriculture" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)


-1998-

Mustafa Caglayan, "Essays in Macroeconomics" (advisor: Fabio Schiantarelli)

Kelly Chaston, "Productivity measurement in the presence of externalities: An example from the electric power industry" (advisor: Frank M. Gollop)

Steven Pizer, "Essays on the causes of increased earnings inequality" (advisor: Peter Gottschalk)


 


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