Economics & Finance: Recent submissions

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    • Three essays in labour economics 

      Mansoor, Nayha (University of St Andrews, 2020-06-26) - Thesis
      This thesis extends the existing literature on the response of labour markets to different types of economic shocks. First, we examine the effects of sector-specific fluctuations in job separation and job finding rates on ...

    • A network analysis of consumer choices of telecommunications providers in the UK and China 

      Qi, Bei (University of St Andrews, 2019-06-28) - Thesis
      This thesis empirically compares the network effect in the mobile telecommunications between the United Kingdom and the People’s Republic of China. Institutional and regulatory differences between these countries enable ...

    • On the factors of innovation and economic growth 

      Chernyshev, Nikolay (University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - Thesis
      One could hardly overstate the importance of economic growth and innovation as the engine of continuous improvement in the quality of life and wellbeing. This dissertation seeks to improve our understanding of factors ...

    • Essays on proactive detection of collusion, ex post analysis of competition policy actions, and estimating overcharge 

      Corus, Sinan (University of St Andrews, 2018-12-06) - Thesis
      This work is an empirical analysis of collusion by using a private consumer level data set in a setting where no a priori knowledge of collusion exists. This study benefits from spatial variation in the data. For ...

    • Empirical essays on dynamic decision making 

      Xu, Zhibo (University of St Andrews, 2019) - Thesis
      This thesis is a collection of empirical and experimental studies on dynamic decision making. Chapter 1 studies the non-linear incentive of academics in economics departments of the U.K. high education institutions ...