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Behavioral Biases in General Equilibrium: Implications for Wealth Inequality and Human Capital Formation

Nighswander, Tristan (University of Oregon, 2018-09-06)

My research focuses on the integration of behavioral economics into well understood general equilibrium macroeconomic models populated by overlapping generations of heterogeneous agents. Specifically, I analyze the ...
Do Managers Respond to Tax Avoidance Incentives by Investing in the Tax Function? Evidence from Tax Departments

Li, Zhongyang (John) (University of Oregon, 2021-04-27)

While prior literature examines the role of incentives in motivating top managers to engage in corporate tax avoidance, there is little evidence on the specific actions that managers take in response to these incentives. ...
Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth

Chakraborty, Shankha (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2002-01-26)

Conventional wisdom attributes the severity of mortality in poorer countries to widespread poverty and inadequate living conditions. This paper considers the possibility that persistent poverty may arise, in turn, from a ...
The Gender Gap in Oregon Public Schools: Trends and a Decompositional Breakdown

Frazier, Kevin (University of Oregon, 2015-09)

Increasingly, female students in Oregon outperform their male colleagues on important indicators of academic success such as graduation rates and state exam scores. Quantifying the magnitude of the gender gap and determining ...
Mortality, Human Capital and Persistent Inequality

Chakraborty, Shankha; Das, Mausumi (University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2003-03-20)

Available evidence suggests high intergenerational correlation of economic status, and persistent disparities in health status between the rich and the poor. This paper proposes a novel mechanism linking the two. We introduce ...
The Influence of Primary Market Growth on Human Capital Development: A Comparison of Regional and Individual Outcomes

Lowe, Jesse (University of Oregon, 2018-04-10)

The purpose of this study is to gauge the influence of local/regional labor market conditions on educational outcomes, using human capital and dual labor markets as guiding theories. To gain an understanding of how growth ...
Three essays on adaptive learning, institutions and multiple equilibria

Steiger, Laura Christina, 1977- (University of Oregon, 2009-06)

This dissertation examines the role that institutions play in the existence of multiple equilibria in models of economic development. In addition, it examines the dynamics of transition between such equilibria. In the first ...
Three Essays on Disease and Economic Development

Aksan, Anna-Maria, 1982- (University of Oregon, 2010-06)

This dissertation addresses the high disease burden in developing countries today by examining the role of disease in economic development through its impact on productivity, fertility and human capital investment. In ...