Browsing by Author "Quan Wen"

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    • Essays on Institutions of International Trade 
      Beshkar, Mostafa (2008-07-31)
      Department: Economics
      This dissertation is an economic analysis of the legal aspects of international trade institutions. In particular, I analyze the system of remedies, the role of a court for international trade disputes, and settlement ...
    • Essays on Two-Sided Markets with Externalities 
      Nakkas, Alper (2010-08-09)
      Department: Economics
      This thesis examines the strategic incentives of market players under constrained situations that generate economic externalities. The first chapter considers a model of competition in which economic activity takes place ...
    • Fiscal and Monetary Competition: Their Interactions and Effects 
      Onder, Ali Sina (2009-05-14)
      Department: Economics
      An important research area in economics is the study of interaction between jurisdictions' economic policies, and how these interactions affect individuals. Strategic interactions between fiscal and monetary policies, and ...
    • Strategic Equilibrium in Social Networks and Games: Theory and Applications 
      Groenert, Valeska (2009-07-19)
      Department: Economics
      The following is an outline of the four chapters of this dissertation. Chapter 1 shows that subgame perfect equilibrium and weak perfect Bayesian equilibrium require rationality at information sets that are irrelevant for ...
    • Three Essays on Game Theory 
      Yilmazkuday, Demet (2011-08-08)
      Department: Economics
      This dissertation consists of three studies on game theory. In the first study, we examine a sequential matching problem. In particular, we study preference restrictions to implement stable matchings in the equilibrium. ...
    • Topics in the design of an auction for licenses 
      Bagchi, Aniruddha (2006-07-07)
      Department: Economics
      I consider a situation wherein a research lab has developed a process innovation and wants to sell licenses to members of an industry. The literature has mostly considered the sale of exclusive licenses. I demonstrate, ...