Essays in applied economics
This thesis studies the role of policies aimed at facilitating communication on economic and political development. In the first chapter, I explore the relationship between long-term spatial persistence and trade. Using a reduced form approach combined with a dynamic spatial general equilibrium mode...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repositorio: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/672805 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/672805 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Applied economics 33 |
| Sumario: | This thesis studies the role of policies aimed at facilitating communication on economic and political development. In the first chapter, I explore the relationship between long-term spatial persistence and trade. Using a reduced form approach combined with a dynamic spatial general equilibrium model, I show that an important determinant of the importance of trade in shaping the location of economic activity is the level of development as a country experiences reductions in international trade costs. The second chapter studies the role of change in the communication network in Norway on mass political behavior. The paper investigates the effect of the liberalization of Norwegian broadcasting on political behavior. We find evidence consistent with the policy reducing political participation. The third chapter studies a policy that expanded broadband access in the context of Norway. We find a positive effect of high-speed internet usage on the turnout rate in municipal elections but only a small effect on polarization in vote choice. |
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