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- 1Akude, Philip J
- 1Alausa,Waleem Babatunde
- 1Amoako-Tuffour, Joe.
- 1Anton, Murı̈el Gay.
- 1Anyangah, Joshua Okeyo
- 3Canada
- 3Inequality
- 2Economics. Mathematical models.
- 2Inflation (Finance)
- 2Investments, Foreign.
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Fall 2012
The thesis examines how oil prices and asset stocks affect the US dollar. It also examines the role of different factors postulated in the literature to have caused recent US current account imbalances. In the first two chapters, I study the role of oil prices and the US government debt in...
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Fall 2015
Motor vehicle emissions constitute a major source of local air pollution in the United States. The U.S. government stipulated motor fuel content regulations and required that cleaner fuels be adopted, instead of conventional gasoline, in certain pollution non-attainment areas. To determine the...
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Three Essays in Financial Economics: the Interactions of Stocks and Fixed Income Securities
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This dissertation consists of three essays in the field of financial economics, which examine the interactions of stocks and fixed income securities, at the individual bond level and aggregate market level. The first chapter provides a general introduction for the whole thesis. The second...
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Fall 2016
This thesis contains three chapters on financial intermediation. Chapter 1 considers whether the rating gap between “all-in” and “stand-alone” ratings for a bank can serve as a good measure of systemic risk, which is defined as the risk that a distressed bank may bring to the banking system. The...
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Fall 2022
This dissertation consists of three essays in the field of monetary and financial economics. Specifically, we use high-frequency financial data to study monetary policies with a focus on the information effect, namely, that some of the interest rate movements around central bank announcements are...
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Spring 2016
This dissertation consists of three chapters, each of which can be considered an independent essay. The three essays contribute to labor economics, sports economics, and behavioral economics. The first chapter focuses on pay and performance in a team environment. Working in teams increases...
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Fall 2011
This thesis is organized into five Chapters. In Chapter 1, we provide an introduction. In Chapter 2, we present a study on residential energy efficiency retrofits in Canada. We describe the EnerGuide for Houses data and model household decisions to invest in energy-efficiency retrofits....