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Essays On Macroeconomics, Mauricio Torres Ferro
Essays On Macroeconomics, Mauricio Torres Ferro
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
My dissertation consists of three essays on Macroeconomics. In the first two chapters, I study the implications of uncertain expenses for households' savings and for their consumption adjustment in response to monetary policy. In the third chapter, I study how asset liquidity affects households’ ability to smooth idiosyncratic income shocks.
In the first chapter, I characterize uncertain expenses using U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey data. Here, my goals are twofold. First, I classify households’ spending that captures uncertainties in expenses (for example, car and home repairs or out-of-pocket medical expenses) and measure their overall importance. Second, I aim to understand how …
Essays On Public Policy Analysis Using Macroeconomic Models, Akihiro Nomura
Essays On Public Policy Analysis Using Macroeconomic Models, Akihiro Nomura
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This thesis is composed of three separate essays.