by Cairn Macfarland | 30th November 2023
Thesis Title: Are the current practices of dispute resolution in financial transactions keeping pace with the future of financial markets? A comparative study of the necessity for, scope of and requirements of a new treaty law for international financial arbitration...
by Cairn Macfarland | 24th November 2023
Thesis Title: Essays in Taxation and Development Abstract: Taxation funds essential public services. As countries develop, tax collection, as a proportion of gross domestic product, tends to increase. Concurrently, the tax system is often reformed, as governments seek...
by Cairn Macfarland | 24th November 2023
Thesis Title: Essays in Applied Microeconomics Abstract: I am developing a research agenda that focuses on understanding and reducing inequality of opportunity. My research interests lie primarily at the intersection of education, labour and public economics, with a...
by admin | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Essays on choice, social choice, and welfare Abstract: My main research interests are in choice theory, social choice theory, and welfare economics. I am also interested in behavioural and experimental economics. First Supervisor: Marco Mariotti and...
by Cairn Macfarland | 12th December 2022
Thesis Title: Transparency and Bureaucratic Quality Abstract: Transparency initiatives have received considerable support as a means to combat corruption. However, many fear that they may lead politicians to substitute towards untargeted forms of malfeasance, such as...
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: The effect of climate-related risks on forecasts and expectations Abstract: The COVID19 Pandemic teaches us the hard lesson that global crises require timely and effective government policies. Although the Pandemic was hardly predictable and, therefore,...
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: The Role of High Speed Rail in Levelling-Up the Spatial Economy Abstract: First supervisor: Daniel Graham Pathway:4-Economics, Finance & the World Economy Cohort: 2021-22
by admin | 7th March 2022
Thesis title: The Household Point of View: heterogeneity, information failures and distortions Abstract: My research interests are centred on how heterogeneous characteristics influence household decisions and on why households deviate from the rational,...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Research project title: Internet and the Allocation of U.S. Federal Expenditures Abstract: Politicians channel more public resources to voters informed about politics so as to increase their chances of re-election. The dramatic change in the news media...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: The Political Economy of Fiscal Rules: adoption, compliance, and enforcement Abstract: My research is centred around fiscal rules and the interaction with financial markets and specifically looks at the adoption, compliance, and enforcement of fiscal...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Assessing the Performance of an Inter-market Trading Strategy in the Low and High Frequency Domain Based on Historic Data Using a Machine Learning Approach Abstract: An interesting application and expansion of deep learning concepts will be pioneered in...
by admin | 19th July 2021
Thesis title: Deep Learning architectures in macroeconomics and finance Abstract: Felix’s research focuses on now-casting and forecasting macroeconomic variables such as GDP, inflation or rate of unemployment in the United Kingdom and other developed economies...
