I use both theoretical and empirical models to assess how alternative measurement approaches to banks’ loan loss allowances affect lending when banks are subject to regulatory capital requirements. I find that: (1) the Current Expected Credit Loss (CECL) method increases loan lo…
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This dissertation consists of two chapters. In the first chapter, I build a life-cycle directed search model to match salient features of the labor market and disability insurance: multiple states, expiring unemployment benefits, disability insurance, human capital depreciation,…
This dissertation explores the reasons behind dollarization hysteresis and analyzes the extent and dynamics of dollarization in different economies. It finds role for policies to reduce dollarization to achieve a more stable economy. The first chapter uses a network externality …
This paper presents a utility maximization model to evaluate the impact of alternative oil fiscal regimes, which define the type of "contract" between a host government and a foreign oil company (FOC). Specifically, in order to determine the optimal fiscal regime, we use four fi…
This thesis investigates the chemical composition of both silver and bronze coinage from the Ptolemaic Dynasty through the use of microwave plasma atomic emissions spectrometry (MP-AES). The aim of this examination is to broaden the understanding of Ptolemaic currency by using t…
This thesis may be broadly divided into 4 parts. In the first part, we do a literature review of the state of the art in misspecification in Macroeconomics, and what so far has been the contribution of a relatively new area of research called Uncertainty Quantification to the Ma…
Micronutrient deficiency and malnutrition are widespread in rural Bangladesh. Two important behavioral issues linking agricultural production and individual nutritional outcomes in Bangladesh are examined along with other important factors: (1) whether household level food-crop …
The Palestinian economy is a small open economy with poor endowments of natural resources and unmarked national borders. Almost 80% of its foreign trade is conducted with a single trading partner, Israel. It currently exports 17% of its output, which in turn finances only about …
Scope and method of the study. The purpose of this study was to examine the models of capital structure theory in the Arab world, an environment that is different from that where the theory was born i.e. Western economies. A sample of 3–6 year panel data from the 12 Arab countri…
This document is composed by two chapters. The first chapter presents a simple model of statistical discrimination that nests two types of discriminatory equilibria where groups with equal productive potential get different average wages. One equilibrium is generated assuming th…
The objective of this study was to analyze supply and demand conditions of rice in China and implications on the world rice economy. The North Dakota global rice simulation model was revised by dividing rice into japonica and indica rice. The United States and China produce and …
The primary objective of this research was to build an econometric model of the international oilseed sector that could be used to simulate policy changes, macro economic changes, and technology growth. The oilseed commodities covered by the study included soybeans, soybean meal…
This dissertation is concerned with measuring of the effects of trade policy changes in oligopolistic differentiated product markets. At the heart of the dissertation is a structural partial equilibrium model of the Turkish automobile industry. This model belongs to the class of…
This thesis focuses on Economic Production Quantity problem. The EPQ problem is concerned with the selection of the optimal production time for a production process. The literature in the area of EPQ focused more on either the selection of production rate or the production time.…
It is important to know what is the best way to model the supply of oil and what are the factors that determine the supply of oil since oil is a main source of energy. This dissertation addresses three issues of natural resource economics with respect to the supply of oil. Exist…
New Keynesian models, stressing nominal inertia in wages and prices, often assume economic agents are fully rational. The strong assumptions of full rationality suggesting all agents can solve complex dynamic problems are relaxed here. Using both empirical and theoretical approa…
This dissertation rationalizes two important puzzles in international economics: the existence of currency risk premia in the interest rates of emerging markets, and the desire of firms in these environments to expose themselves to currency-risk, by undertaking unhedged, foreign…
The study emphasizes the applicability of micro economic models in assessing the producer's efficiency and optimization behavior. The choice of the subject, i.e., petroleum refining, poses complications due to its multiple output nature and the inherently complex oil market. We …
This study probes the linkages between the institutional framework of an economy and the outcome of financial liberalization. It argues that institutions and institutional quality are crucial to avoiding the crises often precipitated by financial liberalization. This issue is ex…