The Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Models can be considered as a dynamic multivariate extension of the univariate autoregressive models. This family of models has become very popular in macroeconomics analysis after the ...

The research work arises from the interest in the dissemination of algorithms in modern financial markets... [edited by Author]

This thesis aims to assess whether social safety net policies used in a very poor country can concretely provide relief from poverty in the short run, while encouraging children education in the long run. The economic ...

Economists have long recognized that adverse shocks to the nancial sector can have signi cant e ects on the real economy. The chance that nancial instability will lead to macroeconomic instability is often termed ...

This dissertation work deals with analysing more deeply the nature, motivations and effects, however measurable, of the unconventional monetary policies and it is aimed at addressing some questions about their adoption ...

Football has developed an increasing economic importance over the past years, demonstrated by an increasing capital markets presence and the rapid growth in the sports industry and its market (Bell et al., 2012). Since the ...

During the last three decades, transition economies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia have experienced important structural, institutional, and political reforms under the umbrella of shifting from state socialism to ...

Bivariate survival outcomes frequently arise in applied studies where the occurrence of two associated events of interest is observed. However, the practical utility of bivariate copula survival models is often hindered ...

This dissertation is aimed at addressing two questions about unconventional monetary policies in the Eurozone. First, what policies are being tried and their effectiveness. In doing so, this study surveys the literature ...

Does foreign aid work or not? This question is as old as aid itself. Since the aftermath of the Marshall Plan of 1948, the world has seen a huge surge in the amount of foreign aid given to developing countries. Although ...