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This dissertation is composed of three empirical studies on banking, credit and the macroeconomy. The first chapter revisits the Roaring Twenties (1920s) to investigate how shocks to credit supply originating from the financial sector interacted with stock prices and macroeconom…

This dissertation examines the regional economic effects of foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI is known to have benefits for both national and regional economies. These benefits include an increasing number of higher paying jobs, productivity spillovers for local firms, and el…