Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance

This thesis consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, I investigate how promo-tion incentives affect the performance of high-skilled public employees. I study a centralized evaluation process awarding the eligibility for associate and full pro-fessorship in Italian academia, and show that th...

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Autor: Nieddu, Marco Giovanni
Tipo de documento: tese
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2018
País:España
Recursos:CBUC, CESCA
Repositório:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red
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Palavra-chave:Applied microeconomics
Behavioral finance
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spelling Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral financeNieddu, Marco GiovanniApplied microeconomicsBehavioral finance33This thesis consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, I investigate how promo-tion incentives affect the performance of high-skilled public employees. I study a centralized evaluation process awarding the eligibility for associate and full pro-fessorship in Italian academia, and show that the perspective of a promotion in-duces scholars to increase their research productivity. In the second chapter, I present the results from a laboratory experiment designed to assess whether and how financial literacy influences the way individuals perceive and evaluate finan-cial assets. By comparing participants’ investment decisions under different treat-ments, I show that the lack of financial literacy lowers the subjective value that investors assign to risky financial assets. The third and last chapter is devoted to an empirical analysis of the link between university quality and employment opportunities. I find that postgraduate students who receive incentives to attend higher-ranked universities are more likely to be employed one year and a half after the end of their studies.Esta tesis consiste de tres capítulos. En el primer capítulo, analizo cómo los incentivos de promoción afectan el rendimiento de empleados públicos altamente calificados. Estudio un proceso de evaluación centralizado que determina la elegibilidad para posiciones de profesor titular y catedrático en la academia italiana, y encuentro que aquellos académicos que tienen la posibilidad de obtener una promoción aumentan la productividad de su investigación. En el segundo capítulo, presento los resultados de un experimento de laboratorio diseñado para determinar si y cómo la alfabetización financiera afecta la manera en la cual los individuos perciben y evalúan los productos financieros. Al comparar las decisiones de inversión de participantes sujetos a distintos tratamientos, muestro que la falta de alfabetización financiera afecta el valor subjetivo que los inversores le atribuyen a activos financieros riesgosos. Finalmente, el tercer capítulo analiza empíricamente la relación entre la calidad universitaria y las oportunidades de empleo. Encuentro que los estudiantes de posgrado que reciben incentivos para asistir a universidades de alto nivel tienen mayor probabilidad de estar empleados un año y medio después de concluir sus estudios.Programa de doctorat en Economia, Finances i EmpresaUniversitat Pompeu FabraGlitz, Albrecht Christian EkkehardUniversitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa201820182018info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion142 p.application/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10803/664417TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa)reponame:TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Redinstname:CBUC, CESCAInglésADVERTIMENT. L'accés als continguts d'aquesta tesi doctoral i la seva utilització ha de respectar els drets de la persona autora. Pot ser utilitzada per a consulta o estudi personal, així com en activitats o materials d'investigació i docència en els termes establerts a l'art. 32 del Text Refós de la Llei de Propietat Intel·lectual (RDL 1/1996). Per altres utilitzacions es requereix l'autorització prèvia i expressa de la persona autora. En qualsevol cas, en la utilització dels seus continguts caldrà indicar de forma clara el nom i cognoms de la persona autora i el títol de la tesi doctoral. No s'autoritza la seva reproducció o altres formes d'explotació efectuades amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva comunicació pública des d'un lloc aliè al servei TDX. Tampoc s'autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX (framing). Aquesta reserva de drets afecta tant als continguts de la tesi com als seus resums i índexs.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:www.tdx.cat:10803/6644172026-06-14T12:46:07Z
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title Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance
spellingShingle Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance
Nieddu, Marco Giovanni
Applied microeconomics
Behavioral finance
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title_short Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance
title_full Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance
title_fullStr Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance
title_full_unstemmed Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance
title_sort Essays in applied microeconomics and behavioral finance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Nieddu, Marco Giovanni
author Nieddu, Marco Giovanni
author_facet Nieddu, Marco Giovanni
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Glitz, Albrecht Christian Ekkehard
Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Applied microeconomics
Behavioral finance
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topic Applied microeconomics
Behavioral finance
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description This thesis consists of three chapters. In the first chapter, I investigate how promo-tion incentives affect the performance of high-skilled public employees. I study a centralized evaluation process awarding the eligibility for associate and full pro-fessorship in Italian academia, and show that the perspective of a promotion in-duces scholars to increase their research productivity. In the second chapter, I present the results from a laboratory experiment designed to assess whether and how financial literacy influences the way individuals perceive and evaluate finan-cial assets. By comparing participants’ investment decisions under different treat-ments, I show that the lack of financial literacy lowers the subjective value that investors assign to risky financial assets. The third and last chapter is devoted to an empirical analysis of the link between university quality and employment opportunities. I find that postgraduate students who receive incentives to attend higher-ranked universities are more likely to be employed one year and a half after the end of their studies.
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