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Bank capital structure, macroprudential policy and economic growth
(2018-05-29)
We study the long-run impact of the adoption of macroprudential tools. We derive a dynamic general equilibrium model featuring endogenous TFP change and allowing banks to choose their balance sheet structure endogenously. ...
Essays on judicial behavior
(2018-05-28)
What do judges want? Although apparently a straightforward question, the motivations that underly judge’s decisions have been a persistent topic of debate in the literature. The discussion arises from the fact that judges, ...
Socially optimal crime and punishment
(2018-05-25)
The first essay of this thesis, co-authored by Rodrigo Soares, develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with heterogeneous agents and human capital accumulation. Public security policies are defined as pairs ...
Dois ensaios sobre cadeias de valor
(2018-05-25)
Esta tese é composta por dois ensaios sobre cadeias de valor. Os ensaios são complementares entre si à medida que abordam o tema a partir de perspectivas distintas: o primeiro artigo é teórico e o segundo, empírico. O ...
The economic benefits of higher education: from high school to labor market
(2018-05-25)
Attaining tertiary education has noteworthy implications for both individuals and society. This thesis is composed of three essays related to Economics of Education. The first chapter investigates whether the informational ...
Essays on imperfect common knowledge in macroeconomics
(2018-05-22)
This dissertation study the implications of strategic uncertainty induced by imperfect common knowledge for macroeconomic models and economic policy. In the first chapter, I evaluate whether central bank’s transparency ...
Essays in labor economics using Brazilian data
(2018-05-21)
This thesis is composed of three essays in applied microeconomics. In all essays, we investigate different aspects related to the Brazilian formal labor market using data from the Relação Anual de Informações Sociais - ...
Essays on conglomerate mergers
(2018-05-21)
This thesis takes advantage of a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the Brazilian higher education industry to provide evidence on the potential effects of conglomerate mergers, particularly market extension mergers. The ...
Liquidity constraints and collateral crises
(2018-05-16)
Asset-backed securities were widely traded. Arguably, this happened because they were complicated claims, in the sense that it was very costly to assess their fundamental value. Here, we show that if this is the case, then ...
The impacts of early childhood investment: an approach through latent cognitive skills
(2018-05-16)
This work contributes to the literature of human capital formation by estimating the impact of early childhood investment (by means of preschool attendance) over cognitive skill development. Using a longitudinal panel ...