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Essays On The Dynamics Of Credit Contracts., Dyotona Dasgupta Dr. Sep 2018

Essays On The Dynamics Of Credit Contracts., Dyotona Dasgupta Dr.

Doctoral Theses

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Modeling Reit Returns With Macroeconomic, Monetary Policy And Financial Variables In The Frameworks Of Structural Break And Regime-Switching Var: Evidence From The Usa And The Uk., Mahamitra Das Dr. Jul 2018

Modeling Reit Returns With Macroeconomic, Monetary Policy And Financial Variables In The Frameworks Of Structural Break And Regime-Switching Var: Evidence From The Usa And The Uk., Mahamitra Das Dr.

Doctoral Theses

This thesis is basically concerned with studying the various relationships involving REIT returns, inflation, monetary policy variables, and general equity market returns in the USA and the UK markets by considering modeling approaches which allow for either structural breaks or regime-switching behavior in the relationship. Although study of such relationships, especially the one involving inflation and REIT returns, have evoked significant interest amongst researchers, the number of such studies is still very few in number. Moreover, there is an element of ‘puzzle’ embedded in this relationship. Hence, it is imperative as well as interesting that further empirical investigations are done …


Essays On Boundedly Rational Choice., Tanmoy Das Dr. Jul 2018

Essays On Boundedly Rational Choice., Tanmoy Das Dr.

Doctoral Theses

Decision theory or the theory of choice is the analysis of individual behavior, typically in noninteractive situations. We can conceptualize two types of decision theory - normative and descriptive. A normative theory is concerned with identifying the best decision to make, modeling a decision maker who comports to certain ideals. A descriptive theory is a theory about how decisions are made. Such a theory is concerned with explaining observed behavior or predicting behavior under the assumption that the decision-maker or decision process follows some rules. The predictions about behavior that descriptive theory produces allow further tests of the assumed underlying, …


Essays On Applied Welfare Economics., Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay Dr. Jun 2018

Essays On Applied Welfare Economics., Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay Dr.

Doctoral Theses

The measurement of welfare forms the foundation of public policy analysis. It is an area where empirical investigations clearly benefits from theoretical insight and where theoretical concepts are brought alive and appropriately focused by the discipline of empirical relevance and policy design. While welfare measurement at the micro level is of independent interest, of greater concern is the well-being of groups of households/individuals.A widely discussed issue in the literature of welfare economics is ‘whose welfare to measure’ when we are interested to measure the well-being of a group of individuals. The most common approach is to assume the existence of …