Browsing Theses by Subject "Economics"

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    • Axiomatizations of the Choquet integral on general decision spaces 

      TIMONIN, MIKHAIL (Queen Mary University of London, 2017-01-30)
      We propose an axiomatization of the Choquet integral model for the general case of a heterogeneous product set X = X1 Xn. Previous characterizations of the Choquet integral have been given for the particular cases ...

    • Carotid atherosclerotic plaque characterisation by measurement of ultrasound sound speed in vitro at high frequency, 20 MHz 

      Brewin, Mark Paul (Queen Mary University of London, 2010)
      The first part of the study was to characterise the acoustic properties of an IEC agar-based tissue mimicking material (TMM) at ultrasound frequencies centred around 20 MHz. The TMM acoustic properties measured were the ...

    • Collective action in networks: communication, cooperation and redistribution 

      King, Maia (Queen Mary University of London, 2017-10-31)
      A person's friends, neighbours and other social relationships can have a large impact on their economic outcomes. We examine three important ways that networks can affect people's lives: when networks describe who they ...

    • Commercial policy and its effects on manufacturing industry in less developed countries: a case study of Sudan 1966-1976. 

      Rabih, Siddig Uiabadda (1979)
      This thesis attempts to examine the effects of the trade and payments regime prevalent in the Sudan between 1966 - 1976 on her domestic manufacturing industry. For this purpose, we employ two widely used methods, namely, ...

    • Default reasoning using maximum entropy and variable strength defaults 

      Bourne, Rachel A (Queen Mary University of London, 1999)
      The thesis presents a computational model for reasoning with partial information which uses default rules or information about what normally happens. The idea is to provide a means of filling the gaps in an incomplete ...

    • The economic regeneration of London docklands: a labour market analysis 

      Church, Andrew Philip (Queen Mary University of London, 1989)
      In 1980 the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was designated as the organisation responsible for the physical, economic and social regeneration of the area in East London known as London Docklands. It-is ...

    • Empirical Essays on Economics of Education and Labour Economics 

      Masi, Barbara (Queen Mary University of London, 2016-08-22)
      This Ph.D. thesis consists of three essays on Labour Economics and the Economics of Education, having the goal of contributing to the scientific discussion and shed new light on a number of empirical questions. The ...

    • Environmental Policy and Bounded Rationality. 

      Vinokur, Leon (2010)
      The Prospect Theory proposes to assess outcomes relative to a reference point (or benchmark). Although the literature recognises the relevance of dynamic benchmarks, most of the applications of Prospect Theory employ ...

    • Essays in econometrics 

      Atak, Alev (2011)
      This thesis consists of two main parts. The first part deals with an analysis of realized volatility and its relationship with market microstructure problem. The second part of the thesis presents a time trend analysis ...

    • Essays on behavioural economic theory 

      Lombardi, Michele (2007)
      The chapters of this work lie at the intersection between classical choice theory and experimental data on decision making. In chapter 21 study necessary and sufficient conditions for a choice function to be rationalized ...

    • Essays on Forecasting and Volatility Modelling 

      Dias, Gustavo Fruet (Queen Mary University of London, 2013-06)
      This thesis contributes to four distinct fields on the econometrics literature: forecasting macroeconomic variables using large datasets, volatility modelling, risk premium estimation and iterative estimators. As a ...

    • Essays on Forecasting Financial and Economic Time Series 

      Mansur, Mohaimen (Queen Mary University of London, 2014-03-12)
      This thesis comprises three main chapters focusing on a number of issues related to forecasting economic and nancial time series. Chapter 2 contains a detailed empirical study comparing forecast perfor- mance of a ...

    • Essays on households' consumption and saving decisions. 

      Frache Derregibus, Serafin (Queen Mary University of London, 2014-04)
      In this thesis I contribute to the applied study of households' consumption and saving behaviour. In the first chapter I introduce and explain why it is relevant to understand how households react to income shocks in terms ...

    • Essays on Price Discovery. 

      Scherrer, Cristina Mabel (Queen Mary University of London, 2013-06)
      Financial asset prices reflect investor's perspectives over the current and future situation of a firm, an industry, a country and ultimately, the entire economy. For this reason, how financial asset prices are driven ...

    • Essays on stock splits and herding 

      Iannino, Maria Chiara (2011)
      This thesis consists in an analysis of stock splits, and their relationship with dispersion of beliefs and herding. Chapter 1 introduces the topics that I tackle throughout the thesis. In particular, I motivate the interest ...

    • Essays on the Dynamics of Latvian Exchange Rates 

      Kazaks, Martins (2005)
      The thesis examines empirically the sustainability of the Latvian lats' peg to SDR. It aims at identifying fundamental and non-fundamentals risk factors, and the changing structure of the risks that have been instrumental ...

    • Essays on the Economics of Heterogeneity 

      Gudat, Nils-Holger (Queen Mary University of London, 2017-06-30)
      The analysis of the effects of heterogeneity on aggregate economic outcomes has seen a resurgence in the recent macroeconomic literature. The exponential increase in computer power over the last decades has allowed ...

    • Essays on the effects of government spending in the presence of skill accumulation through Learning-by-Doing 

      d'Alessandro, Antonello (Queen Mary University of London, 2016-02-17)
      In this thesis I present a theoretical and empirical investigation of the effects and propagation mechanisms of a government spending shock with Learning- By-Doing (LBD). A positive government spending shock increases ...

    • The Government of London and its relations with the Crown 1400 - 1450 

      Barron, Caroline H. (Queen Mary University of London, 1970)
      The available sources have, to some extent, determined the form of this thesis, which was undertaken in the hope that a more detailed study of the relations between London and the Crown during the years 1400-1150 ...

    • HAROLD WILSON, WHITEHALL AND BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 1964-1967 

      Parr, Helen (Queen Mary University of London, 2002)
      Britain's second attempt to seek membership of the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1967 has widely been regarded as inevitable. This thesis traces the development of Britain's policy towards the EEC from the ...