In this dissertation, I further explore the role of the entrepreneurial sector in creating frictions in the economy. I examine the combined effect of private information and entrepreneurial risk aversion on the dynamics of a general equilibrium macroeconomic model. I analyze the impact of these...

We conduct an ex-ante evaluation of a health insurance reform in Chile that mandates non-discriminatory premiums with respect to age and gender in the private health insurance system. A counterfactual analysis is performed using an estimated model of consumption-saving with a binary...