Essays in incomplete insurance and frictional labour markets

This thesis consists of three chapters that investigate the importance of frictions in insurance and labour markets and their effects on macroeconomic outcomes. It asks how the behavior of aggregate employment and unemployment are affected, or the behavior of a planner who sets benefits to maximize...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Oikonomou, Rigas
Published: London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London) 2010
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.511744