This thesis deals with different topics on international macroeconomics, in particular on business cycles in small open economies, the motives for net foreign asset accumulation and the transmission of shocks in an international framework. The three chapters deal with very different issues and...

This thesis deals with a number of different topics in the field of international macroeconomics. It proposes theoretical models of the open economy to think about and analyze questions such as the effects of financial globalization, countries' external adjustment mechanism, international...

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This dissertation is concerned with the empirical determinants of urban growth in developed countries, and the effects of macroeconomic volatility in less developed countries, on urbanization and long run income growth. Four chapters are presented. Chapters 2 and 3 deal with urban population...

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This thesis aims at shading light on three issues which are at the forefront of the European Commission’s agenda. The first two chapters deal with the issue of state subsidies and their impact on market competition and development. Both papers design a theoretical setting where such impact can...