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The dv410 dissertation is a major component of the msc programme and an important part of the learning and development process involved in postgraduate education., research design and dissertation in international development.

The DV410 dissertation is a major component of the MSc programme and an important part of the learning and development process involved in postgraduate education. The objective of DV410  is to provide students with an overview of the resources available to them to research and write a 10,000 dissertation that is topical, original, scholarly, and substantial. DV410 will provide curated dissertation pathways through LSE LIFE and Methods courses, information sessions, ID-specific disciplinary teaching, topical seminars and dissertation worksops in ST. With this in mind, students will be able to design their own training pathway and set their own learning objectives in relation to their specific needs for their dissertation. From the Autumn Term (AT) through to Summer Term (ST), students will discuss and develop their ideas in consultation with their mentor or other members of the ID department staff and have access to a range of learning resources (via DV410 Moodle page) to support and develop their individual projects from within the department and across the LSE. 

Prizewinning dissertations

The archive of prizewinning dissertations showcases the best MSc dissertations from previous years. These offer a useful guide to current students on how to prepare and write a high calibre dissertation.

2022-OW (PDF) The Politics of Political Conditionality: How theEU Is Failing the Western Balkans Pim W.R.Oudejans Joint winner of Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc Development Management 

2022-GN (PDF) An Empirical Study of the Impact of Kenya’sFree Secondary Education Policy on Women’sEducation Nora Geiszl Winner of Prize for Best Dissertation MSc Development Management 

2022-JC  (PDF) Giving with one hand, taking with the other:the contradictory political economy of socialgrants in South Africa Jack Calland Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc Development Studies

2022-GL (PDF) State Versus Market: The Case of Tobacco Consumption in Eastern European and Former Soviet Transition Economies Letizia Gazzaniga Joint winner of Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc Health and International Development

2022-ER (PDF) Reproductive injustice across forced migration trajectories: Evidence from female asylum-seekers fleeing Central America’s Northern Triangle Emily Rice Joint winner of Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc Health and International Development

2022-LICB  (PDF) The effects of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) on child nutrition following an adverseweather shock: the case of Indonesia Liliana Itamar Carillo Barba Winner Prize for Best Dissertation MSc Health and International Development 2022-SC (PDF) Fiscal Responses to Conditional Debt Relief:the impact of multilateral debt cancellation on taxation patterns Sara Cucaro  Joint winner of Prize for Best Dissertation MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

2022-RM  (PDF) Navigating humanitarian space(s) to provideprotection and assistance to internally displacedpersons: applying the concept of ahumanitarian ‘micro-space’ to the caseof Rukban in Syria Miranda Russell  Joint winner of Prize for Best Dissertation MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

2021-CC  (PDF) International Remittances and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Investigating Resilient Remittance Flows from Italy during 2020 Carla Curreli Joint winner of Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance and Winner of Prize for Best Dissertation MSc Development Management 

2021-NB  (PDF) Reluctant respondents: Early settlement by developing countries during WTO disputes Nicholas Baxtar Joint winner of Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc Development Management (Specialism: Applied Development)

2021-CD  (PDF) One Belt, Many Roads? A Comparison of Power Dynamics in Chinese Infrastructure Financing of Kenya and Angola Conor Dunwoody  Winner of Prize for Best Dissertation MSc Development Studies

2021-NN  (PDF) Tool for peace or tool for power? Interrogating Turkish ‘water diplomacy’ in the case of Northern Cyprus Nina Newhouse Winner of Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc Development Studies

2021-CW  (PDF) Exploring Legal Aid Provision for LGBTIQ+Asylum Seekers in the American Southwest from 2012-2021 Claire Wever Winner of Prize for Best Dissertation MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

2021-BP  (PDF) Instrumentalising Threat; An Expansion of Biopolitical Control Over Exiles in Calais During the COVID-19 Pandemic Bethany Plant Joint winner of Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

2021-HS  (PDF) A New “Green Grab”? A Multi-Scalar Analysis of Exclusion in the Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP) Project, Kenya Helen Sticklet Joint winner of Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

2021-GM  (PDF) Fuelling policy: The Role of Public Health Policy-Support Tools in Reducing Household Air Pollution as a Risk-Factor for Non-Communicable Diseases in LMICs Georgina Morris Winner of Prize for Best Dissertation MSc Health and International Development 

2021-LC  (PDF) How do women garment workers employ practices of everyday resistance to challenge the patriarchal gender order of Sri Lankan society? Lois Cooper Joint winner of Prize for Best Overall Performance MSc Health and International Development 

2020-LK  (PDF) Can international remittances mitigate negative effects of economic shocks on education? – The case of Nigeria Lara Kasperkovitz Best Overall Performance Best Dissertation Prize International Development and Humanitarian Emergengies 

“Fallen through the Cracks” The Network for Childhood Pneumonia and Challenges in Global Health Governance  Eva Sigel Best Overall Performance Health and International Development 

2020-AB  (PDF) Fighting the ‘Forgotten’ Disease: LiST-Based Analysis of Pneumonia Prevention Interventions to Reduce Under-Five Mortality in High-Burden Countries Alexandra Bland Best Dissertation Prize  Health and International Development   

2020-TP  (PDF) Techno-optimism and misalignment: Investigating national policy discourses on the impact of ICT in educational settings in Sub-Saharan Africa Tao Platt Best Overall Performance Development Studies 

2020-HS  (PDF)  “We want land, all the rest is humbug”: land inheritance reform and intrahousehold dynamics in India Holly Scott Best Dissertation Prize Development Studies   

2020-PE  (PDF)  Decent Work for All? Waste Pickers’ Collective Action Frames after Formalisation in Bogotá, Colombia  Philip Edge Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Management

2020-LC  (PDF)  Variation in Bilateral Investment Treaties: What Leads to More ‘Flexibility for Development’? Lindsey Cox Best Dissertation Prize Development Management

2019-GR (PDF) Political Economy of Industrial Policy: Analysinglongitudinal and crossnationalvariations in industrial policy in Brazil andArgentina Grace Reeve Best Overall Performance Development Studies 

2019-MM (PDF) The Securitisation of Development Projects: The Indian State’s Response to the Maoist Insurgency Monica Moses Best Dissertation Prize Development Studies 

2019-KM (PDF) At the End of Emergency: An Exploration of Factors Influencing Decision-making Surrounding Medical Humanitarian Exit Kaitlyn Macneil Best Overall Performance Prize Health and International Development

2019-KA (PDF) The Haitian Nutritional Paradox: Driving factors of the Double Burden of Malnutrition Khandys Agnant Best Dissertation Prize Health and International Development   

2019-NL (PDF) Women in the Rwandan Parliament: Exploring Descriptive and Substantive Representation Nicole London Best Dissertation Prize Development Management 

2019-CB (PDF) Post-conflict reintegration: the long-termeffects of abduction and displacement on theAcholi population of northern Uganda Charlotte Brown Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Management 

2019-NLeo (PDF) Making Fashion Sense: Can InternationalLabour Standards Improve Accountabilityin Globalised Fast Fashion? Nicole Leo Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Management 

2019-AS (PDF) Who Controls Whom? Evaluating theinvolvement of Development FinanceInstitutions (DFIs) in Build Own-Operate (BOO)Energy Projects in relation to Market Structures& Accountability Chains: The case of theBujagali Hydropower Project (BHPP) in Uganda Aya Salah Mostafa Ali Best Dissertation Prize African Development 

2019-NG (PDF) Addressing barriers to treatment-seekingbehaviour during the Ebola outbreak in SierraLeone: An International Response Perspective Natasha Glendening India Best Overall Performance Prize African Development 

2019-SYJ (PDF) The Traditional Global Care Chain and the Global Refugee Care Chain: A Comparative Analysis Sana Yasmine Johnson Best Dissertation Prize Best Overall Performance Prize International Development and Humanitarian Emergengies 

2018-JR (PDF) Nudging, Teaching, or Coercing?: A Review of Conditionality Compliance Mechanisms on School Attendance Under Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Jonathan Rothwell Best Dissertation Prize African Development 

2018-LD (PDF) A Feminist Perspective On Burundi's Land Reform Ladd Serwat Best Overall Performance African Development 

2018-KL (PDF) Decentralisation: Road to Development or Bridge to Nowhere? Estimating the Effect of Devolution on Infrastructure Spending in Kenya Kurtis Lockhart  Best Dissertation Prize and Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Management 

2018-OS (PDF) From Accountability to Quality: Evaluating the Role of the State in Monitoring Low-Cost Private Schools in Uganda and Kenya Oceane Suquet Mayling Birney Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Management 

2018-LN (PDF) Water to War: An Analysis of Drought, Water Scarcity and Social Mobilization in Syria Lian Najjar Best Dissertation Prize International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

2018-IS  (PDF) “As devastating as any war”?: Discursive trends and policy-making in aid to Central America’s Northern Triangle Isabella Shraiman  Best Overall Performance  International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies

2017-AR (PDF) Humanitarian Reform and the Localisation Agenda:Insights from Social Movement and Organisational Theory Alice Robinson Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE)

2017-ACY (PDF) The Hidden Costs of a SuccessfulDevelopmental State:Prosperity and Paucity in Singapore Agnes Chew Yunquian Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Managament 

2017-HK  (PDF) Premature Deindustrialization and Stalled Development, the Fate of Countries Failing Structural Transformation? Helen Kirsch Winner of the Best Dissertation in Programme Development Studies

2017-HZ  (PDF) ‘Bare Sexuality’ and its Effects onUnderstanding and Responding to IntimatePartner Sexual Violence in Goma, DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC) Heather Zimmerman Winner of the Best Dissertation in Programme International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE)

2017-KT  (PDF) Is Good Governance a Magic Bullet?Examining Good Governance Programmes in Myanmar Khine Thu Winner of the Best Dissertation in Programme Development Managament 

2017-NL  (PDF) Persistent Patronage? The DownstreamElectoral Effects of Administrative Unit Creationin Uganda Nicholas Lyon  Winner of the Best Dissertation in Programme African Development 

2016-MV  (PDF) Contract farming under competition: exploring the drivers of side selling among sugarcane farmers in Mumias             Milou Vanmulken  Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation                                                      Dev elopment Management                

2016-JS  (PDF) Resource Wealth and Democracy: Challenging the  Assumptions of the Redistributive Model              Janosz Schäfer  Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Studies                

2016-LK   (PDF) Shiny Happy People: A study of the effects income relative to a reference group exerts on life satisfaction             Lajos Kossuth Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance                                     Development Studies  

2015-MP (PDF) "Corruption by design" and the management of infrastructure in Brazil: Reflections on the Programa de Aceleração ao Crescimento - PAC.             Maria da Graça Ferraz de Almeida Prado                                                          Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation                                          Development Managment                                                                                  

2015-IE (PDF) Breaking Out Of the Middle-Income Trap: Assessing the Role of Structural Transformation.                                                                               Ipek Ergin                                                                                                   Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Studies

2015-AML (PDF) Labour Migration, Social Movements and Regional Integration: A Comparative Study of the Role of Labour Movements in the Social Transformation of the Economic Community of West African States and the Southern African Development Community.             Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen                                                                                Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation                                   Development Management

2015-MM (PDF) Who Bears the Burden of Bribery? Evidence from Public Service Delivery in Kenya                     Michael Mbate                                                                                                   Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation and Best Overall Performance Development Management

2015-KK (PDF) Export Processing Zones as Productive Policy: Enclave Promotion or Developmental Asset? The Case of Ghana. Kilian Koffi Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation African Development

2015-GM (PDF) Forgive and Forget? Reconciliation and Memory in Post-Biafra Nigeria. Gemma Mehmed Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE)

2015-AS (PDF) From Sinners to Saviours: How Non-State Armed Groups use service delivery to achieve domestic legitimacy. Anthony Sequeira Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation and Best Overall Performance International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE)

2014-NS (PDF) Anti-Corruption Agencies: Why Do Some Succeed and Most Fail? A Quantitative Political Settlement Analysis. Nicolai Schulz Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

2014-MP (PDF) International Capital Flows and Sudden Stops: a global or a domestic issue? Momchil Petkov Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

2014-TC (PDF) Democracy to Decline: do democratic changes jeopardize economic growth? Thomas Coleman Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

2014-AK (PDF) Intercultural Bilingual Education: the role of participation in improving the quality of education among indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico. Anni Kasari Excellent Dissertation and Best Overall Performance Development Management

2014-EL (PDF) Treaty Shopping in International Investment Arbitration: how often has it occurred and how has it been perceived by tribunals? Eunjung Lee Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Management

2013-SB (PDF) Refining Oil - A Way Out of the Resource Curse? Simon Baur Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

2013-NI (PDF) The Rise of ‘Murky Protectionism’: Changing Patterns of Trade-Related Industrial Policies in Developing Countries: A case study of Indonesia. Nicholas Intscher Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation and Best Overall Performance Development Studies

2013-JF (PDF) Why Settle for Less? An Analysis of Settlement in WTO Disputes. Jillian Feirson Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Studies

2013-LH (PDF) Corporate Social Responsibility in Mining: The effects of external pressures and corporate leadership. Leah Henderson Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Studies

2013-BM (PDF) Estimating incumbency advantages in African politics: Regression discontinuity evidence from Zambian parliamentary and local government elections. Bobbie Macdonald Excellent Dissertation and Best Overall Performance Development Studies

WP145 (PDF) Is History Repeating Itself? A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Women in Climate Change Campaigns. Catherine Flanagan Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP144 (PDF) Disentangling the fall of a 'Dominant-Hegemonic Party Rule'. The case of Paraguay and its transition to a competitive electoral democracy. Dominica Zavala Zubizarreta Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP143 (PDF) Enabling Productive Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries: Critical issues in policy design. Noor Iqbal Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP142 (PDF) Beyond 'fear of death': Strategies of coping with violence and insecurity - A case study of villages in Afghanistan. Angela Jorns Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Studies

WP141 (PDF) What accounts for opposition party strength? Exploring party-society linkages in Zambia and Ghana. Anna Katharina Wolkenhauer Joint Winner, Best Overall Performance Development Studies

WP140 (PDF) Between Fear and Compassion: How Refugee Concerns Shape Responses to Humanitarian Emergencies - The case of Germany and Kosovo. Sebastian Sahla Joint Winner, Best Overall Performance Development Management

WP139 (PDF) Worlds Apart? Health-seeking behaviour and strategic healthcare planning in Sierra Leone. Thea Tomison Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP138 (PDF) War by Other Means? An Analysis of the Contested Terrain of Transitional Justice Under the 'Victor's Peace' in Sri Lanka. Richard Gowing Best Overall Performance and Best Dissertation International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE)

WP137 (PDF) Social Welfare Policy - a Panacea for Peace? A Political Economy Analysis of the Role of Social Welfare Policy in Nepal's Conflict and Peace-building Process. Annie Julia Raavad Joint Winner, Best Overall Performance and Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP136 (PDF) Women and the Soft Sell: The Importance of Gender in Health Product Purchasing Decisions. Adam Alagiah Joint Winner, Best Overall Performance Development Management

WP135 (PDF) Human vs. State Security: How can Security Sector Reforms contribute to State-Building? The case of the Afghan Police Reform. Florian Weigand Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP134 (PDF) Evaluating the Impact of Decentralisation on Educational Outcomes: The Peruvian Case. Siegrid Holler-Neyra Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Management

WP133 (PDF) Democracy and Public Good Provision: A Study of Spending Patterns in Health and Rural Development in Selected Indian States. Sreelakshmi Ramachandran Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP132 (PDF) Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer to Developing Countries: a Reassessment of the Current Debate Marco Valenza Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP131 (PDF) Traditional or Transformational Development? A critical assessment of the potential contribution of resilience to water services in post-conflict Sub-Saharan Africa. Christopher Martin Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies (IDHE)

WP128  (PDF) The demographic dividend in India: Gift or curse? A State level analysis on differeing age structure and its implications for India's economic growth prospects. Vasundhra Thakurd Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP127  (PDF) When Passion Dries Out, Reason Takes Control: A Temporal Study of Rebels' Motivation in Fighting Civil Wars. Thomas Tranekaer Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP126  (PDF) Micro-credit - More Lifebuoy than Ladder? Understanding the role of micro-credit in coping with risk in the context of the Andhra Pradesh crisis. Anita Kumar Best Overall Performance and Best Dissertation Development Management

WP124 (PDF) Welfare Policies in Latin America: the transformation of workers into poor people. Anna Popova Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP123  (PDF) How Wide a Net? Targeting Volume and Composition in Capital Inflow Controls. Lucas Issacharoff Best Overall Performance and Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP117 (PDF) Shadow Education: Quantitative and Qualitative analysis of the impact of the educational reform (implementation of centralized standardised testing). Nataliya Borodchuk Best Overall Performance and Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP115 (PDF) Can School Decentralization Improve Learning? Autonomy, participation and student achievement in rural Pakistan. Anila Channa Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP114 (PDF) Good Estimation or Good Luck? Growth Accelerations revisited. Guo Xu Best Overall Performance and Best Dissertation Development Studies

WP113 (PDF) Furthering Financial Literacy: Experimental evidence from a financial literacy program for Microfinance Clients in Bhopal, India. Anna Custers Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP112 (PDF) Consumption, Development and the Private Sector: A critical analysis of base of the pyramid (BoP) ventures. David Jackman Winner of the Prize for Best Disseration Development Management

WP106 (PDF) Reading Tea Leaves: The Impacy of Mainstreaming Fair Trade. Lindsey Bornhofft Moore Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP104 (PDF) Institutions Collide: A Study of "Caste-Based" Collective Criminality and Female Infanticide in India, 1789-1871. Maria Brun Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Studies

WP102 (PDF) Democratic Pragmatism or Green Radicalism? A critical review of the relationship between Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Policymaking for Mining. Abbi Buxton Joint Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP100 (PDF) Market-Led Agrarian Reform: A Beneficiary perspective of Cédula da Terra. Veronika Penciakova Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Studies

WP98 (PDF) No Business like Slum Business? The Political Economy of the Continued Existence of Slums: A case study of Nairobi. Florence Dafe Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Studies

WP97 (PDF) Power and Choice in International Trade: How power imbalances constrain the South's choices on free trade agreements, with a case study of Uruguay. Lily Ryan-Collins Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Dissertation Development Management

WP96 (PDF) Health Worker Motivation and the Role of Performance Based Finance Systems Africa: A Qualitative Study on Health Worker Motivation and the Rwandan Performance Based finance initiative in District Hospitals. Friederike Paul Joint Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Dissertation Development Management

WP95 (PDF) Crisis in the Countryside: Farmer Suicides and the Political Economy of Agrarian Distress in India. Bala Posani Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Management

WP94 (PDF) From Rebels to Politicians. Explaining Rebel-to Party Transformations after Civil War: The case of Nepal. Dominik Klapdor Winner of the Prize for Excellent Dissertation Development Management

WP92 (PDF) Guarding the State or Protecting the Economy? The Economic factors of Pakistan's Military coups. Amina Ibrahim Winner of the Prize for Best Dissertation Development Studies

WP91 (PDF) Man is the remedy of man: Constructions of Masculinity and Health-Related Behaviours among Young men in Dakar, Senegal. Sarah Helen Mathewson Winner of the Prize for Best Overall Performance Development Studies

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Liao, Junyi (2023) Essays on macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Matcham, William Oliver (2023) Essays in household finance and innovation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Leonardi, Edoardo (2023) Essays on heterogeneity in macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yi, Yu (2023) Essays on banking in macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hui, Xitong (2023) Macro-finance and the open economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fisher, Jack Welcome (2023) Essays on applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Minni, Virginia Magda Luisa (2023) Essays on the allocation, coordination, and selection of workers. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pillay, Derek (2022) Essays on the macroeconomics of climate change and structural transformation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Albuquerque, Daniel (2022) Essays in wealth inequality. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tabti, Bilal A. (2022) Essays in applied macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chanut, Nicolas (2022) Essays in public and environmental economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dray, Sacha (2022) Essays in public finance and political economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Georgiadis-Harris, Alkiviadis (2022) Essays in information economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Desbuquois, Alexandre (2022) Essays in unemployment insurance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Coen, Jamie (2022) Essays on over-the-counter markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tan, Di Song (2022) Essays in law and urban economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dahlstrand Rudin, Vera Amanda Malin (2022) Essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zanella, Martina (2022) Essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sakthivel, Bhargavi (2021) Fiscal impact, immigration and productivity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Minten, Thomas (2021) Essays in public and health economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Guennewig, Maximilian G. (2021) Essays in monetary economics and finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vilares, Hugo Filipe Henriques de Almeida Esteves (2021) Collective bargaining, wage setting and downward adjustments in the continental European labour market: evidence from Portugal. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Xu, Mengshan (2021) Essays in semiparametric estimation and inference with monotonicity constraints. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nyamdavaa, Tsogsag (2021) Essays on firms in developing countries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zipfel, Céline (2021) Essays in development economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fontana, Nicola (2021) Essays in political economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kuroishi, Yusuke (2021) Essays in development economics, environmental economics and international trade. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hönig, Tillman (2021) Essays on the economics of conflict. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fazio, Martina (2021) Essays on financial externalities. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Thysen, Heidi Christina (2021) Essays on misspecified models. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nigmatulina, Dzhamilya (2021) Essays in macro and development economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Xiao, Kezhou (2021) Essays on political economy and development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, Jay Euijung (2020) Essays in gender economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Alati, Andrea (2020) Essays on firms heterogeneity and business cycles. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gao, Xijie (2020) Essays on firms, technology, and macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bandeira, Miguel (2020) Essays in macroeconometrics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ridinger, Wolfgang (2020) Sequential auctions and resale. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sun, Tiancheng (2020) Essays on capacity underutilization and demand driven business cycles. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Qiu, Chen (2020) Essays in semiparametric and high dimensional methods. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Coen, Patrick (2020) The industrial organisation of financial intermediation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bussy, Adrien (2020) Essays in applied economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rossitti, Giuseppe (2020) Essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jo, Kangchul (2020) Essays on labor markets and economic growth. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Citino, Luca (2020) Essays in labour and public economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Eckardt, Dita (2020) Training, occupations, and the specificity of human capital. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Moneke, Niclas (2020) Infrastructure and structural transformation: evidence from Ethiopia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Schilter, Claudio Andrea Zeno (2019) Essays in applied microeconomics and microeconometrics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bovini, Giulia (2019) Essays in applied economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Delfino, Alexia (2019) Essays in development, gender and personnel economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Geiecke, Friedrich Christian (2019) Essays in economics and machine learning. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kösem, Sevim (2019) Essays on macro and international finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fernandez, Andres Barrios (2019) Essays in economics of education. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Laohakunakorn, Krittanai (2019) Essays on auctions, mechanism design, and repeated games. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Castillo Martinez, Laura (2019) Essays on international finance and monetary economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

He, Chao (2019) Essays on macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chekmasova, Svetlana (2019) Studies in risk aversion and methods in economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tontivanichanon, Chutiorn (2019) Essays in financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Aman-Rana, Shan (2019) Discretion in a bureaucracy: evidence from Pakistan. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Giupponi, Giulia (2019) Essays in labor and public economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shi, Xuezhu (2019) Essays on public and private welfare provisions in China. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Balboni, Clare Alexandra (2019) In harm's way? Infrastructure investments and the persistence of coastal cities. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Łukasz, Rachel (2019) Essays in applied macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Robles Garcia, Claudia (2019) Essays in household finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Minaudier, Clement (2019) Essays in information economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ek, Andreas K. H. (2019) Essays on the economics of culture. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Biermann, Marcus (2019) Essays in international trade and investment. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Koenig, Felix (2019) Studies of labor market data. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nguyen, Kieu-Trang (2019) Essays on firms, innovation, and culture. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ding, Weihan (2019) Essays in information economics and political economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cabrera, Carlo Antonio (2018) Essays in learning and information design. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dennery, Charles (2018) Essays on macroeconomic implications of the labour market. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Drechsel, Thomas (2018) Essays on macroeconomic fluctuations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Walter, Torsten (2018) Misallocation of state capacity? PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

O’Keeffe, Thomas (2018) Development writ small. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Seibold, Arthur (2018) Essays on behavioral responses to social insurance and taxation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Staab, Manuel (2018) Essays on peer effects in social groups and information misperception. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sivropoulos-Valero, Anna (2018) Essays on skills, management and productivity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mavrokonstantis, Panos (2018) Essays on the economics of gender identity and behavioural responses to tax policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gu, Jiajia (2018) Three essays on macro labour economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Porcellacchia, Davide (2018) Three essays on money and banking: effects of monetary policy on liquidity risk. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Azulai, Michel Dummar (2018) The political economy of government formation and local public goods. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Dong, Hao (2018) Essays in microeconometrics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kassem, Dana (2018) Electrification and industrial development in Indonesia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Battiston, Diego (2018) Essays on communication, social interactions and information. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Liang, Yan (2018) Essays on institutions and economic performance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tokis, Konstantinos (2018) Essays on microeconomic theory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Roel, Marcus (2018) Essays in behavioral economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Adusumilli, Karun (2018) Essays on inference in econometric models. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Huang, Hanwei (2018) Three essays on firms and international trade. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Benetton, Matteo (2018) Essays in household finance and banking. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sormani, Roberto Claudio (2018) Essays on cooperation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Roy, Sutanuka (2018) Economics of social, gender, and income inequalities. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Khatib-Shahidi, Milad (2018) Essays in public economics and development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Huber, Kilian (2018) Finance and the real economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sannino, Francesco (2018) Essays in entrepreneurial finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Caramellino, Gianpaolo (2018) Essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pisch, Frank (2017) Essays in international trade and organisational economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Brue Perez, Albert (2017) Essays on the economics of energy efficiency policies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rossi, Federico (2017) Essays in applied macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lin, Yatang (2017) Essays on environmental and urban economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tam, Hiu Fung (2017) Essays on microeconomic incentives in public policies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sevinc, Orhun (2017) Essays on tasks, technology, and trends in the labor market. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Blum, Florian (2017) Essays on public service delivery and agricultural development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Espinosa Farfan, Miguel Andres (2017) Essays on the organizational economics of the lobbying market. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Maurer, Stephan (2017) Essays in applied economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Grinis, Inna (2017) Essays in applied computational economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Xu, Guo (2017) Essays in development and organizations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Taylor, Luke (2017) Essays in nonparametric estimation and inference. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pinder, Jonathan (2017) Essays in applied macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Limodio, Nicola (2017) Essays in development, banking and organisations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yamasaki, Junichi (2017) Essays on development economics and Japanese economic history. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Windsteiger, Lisa Verena (2017) Essays on sorting and inequality. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Carreras Baquer, Oriol (2016) Essays in macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zane, Giulia (2016) Workers’ absences and productivity in the Indian registered manufacturing sector. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Roland, Isabelle (2016) Essays on financial frictions and productivity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Ferra, Sergio (2016) Essays in international macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Alves, Pedro (2016) Essays on consumer learning and behavioural economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Squires, Munir (2016) Kinship taxation as a constraint on microenterprise growth. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lei, Yu-Hsiang (2016) Essays in political economics of development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jensen, Anders (2016) Essays in public finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bo, Shiyu (2016) Essays on development economics and Chinese economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Thwaites, Gregory (2016) Essays on the macroeconomics of the great recession. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Martınez, Luis (2016) Essays on the political economy of development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

De Philippis, Marta (2016) Essays in economics of education. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Derksen, Laura (2016) Information, social interactions and health seeking behavior. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pinto, Pedro Franco de Campos (2016) Essays on financial macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Silva, Tiloka (2016) Essays on the economics of education and fertility. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Körber, Lena (2015) Essays in panel data econometrics with cross-sectional dependence. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Marden, Samuel (2015) Agriculture, development and structural change in reform-era China. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Deserranno, Erika (2015) Essays in development economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ytsma, Erina (2015) Performance pay in academia: effort, selection and assortative matching. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bryzgalova, Svetlana (2015) Essays in empirical asset pricing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Metelli, Luca (2015) Essays in macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Clymo, Alex (2015) Essays in macroeconomics and finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Enkhbayar, Delger (2015) Identification of adverse selection and moral hazard: evidence from a randomised experiment in Mongolia. MPhil thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Moore, Alexander (2015) Infrastructure, market access and trade in developing countries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Juhász, Réka (2015) Temporary protection, technology adoption and economic development: data and evidence from the age of revolution in France. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Garred, Jason (2015) Trade in raw materials and economic development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sandford, Sarah (2015) Essays in agent motivation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hodge, Andrew (2015) Essays on the social welfare effects of fiscal policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shanghavi, Amar (2015) Three essays in applied economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kawaguchi, Kohei (2015) Essays in industrial economics: applications for marketing and management decisions. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Palazzo, Francesco (2015) Essays in market microstructure. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zhang, Min (2015) Essays in social learning. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pessoa, Joao (2015) Essays in trade and labour markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

McDowall, Ana (2015) Essays on dynamic political economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Winkler, Fabian (2015) Essays on financial markets and business cycles. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Riegler, Markus (2015) Essays on frictional labour markets with heterogeneous agents. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Souza, Pedro (2015) Essays on identification and estimation of networks. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pardo Reinoso, Oliver (2015) Essays on microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Xiaoguang (2015) Essays on the dispersion of effective VAT rates in China: causes and consequences. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lanteri, Andrea (2015) Three essays in macroeconomics: capital reallocation, capital utilization and optimal policy with partial information. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fetzer, Thiemo (2014) Of naxalites, pirates and microfinance borrowers: three essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Boehm, Johannes (2014) Essays on institutions and productivity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hofmann, Anett (2014) Commitment savings products: theory and evidence. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mallucci, Enrico (2014) Essays in international finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bagaria, Nitika (2014) Essays in labour economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Nica, Melania (2014) Essays in organisational economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vesal, Mohammad (2014) Essays in public economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Osorio-Rodriguez, Daniel (2014) Essays on financial policy and macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Çeliktemur, Mustafa Can (2014) Essays on intermediation in trade problems. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pinna, Fabio (2014) Essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Graetz, Georg (2014) Essays in labor economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Best, Michael Carlos (2014) Essays on the economics of taxation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Piffer, Michele (2014) An analysis of leverage ratios and default probabilities. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Steinwender, Claudia (2014) International and innovation activities of firms. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

de Quidt, Jonathan (2014) Essays on contract design in behavioral and development economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Asık, Gunes (2014) Empirical essays on employment, financial development and stability. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Skellern, Matthew (2014) Essays on public services, markets, and intrinsic motivation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Silva-Junior, Daniel (2013) Essays on industrial organization. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Berlingieri, Giuseppe (2013) Essays on international trade and firm organization. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Richter, Barbara (2013) Essays on the skill premium and the skill bias of technological change. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cheng, Wenya (2013) Essays on Chinese economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ortiz, Marco Antonio (2013) Essays in macroeconomic theory: informational frictions, market microstructure and fat-tailed shocks. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kodritsch, Sebastian (2013) Essays on bargaining theory and welfare when preferences are time inconsistent. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Feng, Andy (2013) Essays on human capital. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Barrdear, John (2013) Incomplete information and the idiosyncratic foundations of aggregate volatility. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Costa, Francisco (2013) Essays in applied economics: evidence from Brazil. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Blanchenay, Patrick (2013) Essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Foulis, Angus (2013) Essays on credit frictions and the macroeconomy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Converse, Nathan (2013) Essays on international capital flows. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Leckcivilize, Attakrit (2013) Essays on labour economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gupta, Abhimanyu (2013) Essays on spatial autoregressive models with increasingly many parameters. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Waseem, Mazhar (2013) Essays on taxation in limited tax capacity environment. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Brockmeyer, Anne (2013) Essays on business taxation and development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fornaro, Luca (2013) Essays on monetary and exchange rate policy in financially fragile economies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yazaki, Yukihiro (2013) Essays on policy-making incentives of government. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

La Cava, Giancarlo (2013) Credit supply shocks in the US housing market. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sanches, Fabio Miessi (2013) Essays on estimation of dynamic games. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ahnert, Toni (2013) Essays on financial crises, contagion and macro-prudential regulation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Boehm, Michael Johannes (2013) Three essays on the allocation of talent. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Natraj, Ashwini (2012) Essays on archaic institutions and modern technology. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Siegel, Christian (2012) Essays in macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mitchell, Tara (2012) Essays on the importance of access to information in developing countries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Damas de Matos, Ana Sofia (2012) The labour market integration of immigrants and their children. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Thawornkaiwong, Supachoke (2012) Statistical inference on linear and partly linear regression with spatial dependence: parametric and nonparametric approaches. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vanden Eynde, Oliver (2012) Three essays on political economy and economic development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lembcke, Alexander (2012) Essays in labor economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vernazza, Daniel (2012) Essays on the causes of migration. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lisicky, Milan (2012) Essays on the macroeconomic impact of trade and monetary policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Miner, Luke (2012) Essays on the role of the internet in development and political change. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cena, Mariano Andrés (2012) On booms and busts in Latin American economies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bracke, Philippe (2012) Prices, rents, and homeownership: three essays on housing markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zápal, Jan (2012) Dynamic group decision making. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hansen, James (2012) Distortions in financial markets and monetary policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Contreary, Kara Alette (2012) Essays on information and career concerns in organizations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Long, Iain William (2012) Essays on the economics of crime. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, Jungyoon (2012) Non-parametric methods under cross-sectional dependence. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Schelkle, Thomas (2012) Topics in macroeconomics: mortgage default, demographic change and factor misallocation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sinn, Miriam (2012) Topics in microfinance and behavioural economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ortego Marti, Victor (2012) Unemployment history and frictional wage dispersion in search models of the labor market. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chen, Jiaqian (2012) Essays on financial frictions: China and rest of the world. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Locarno, Alberto (2012) Learning, monetary policy and asset prices. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Goujard, Antoine (2012) Essays on labor economics and public finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ko, Giovanni (2012) Competition, conflict and institutions: three essays in applied microeconomic theory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Domingues, Gabriela Bertol (2012) Essays on incentives and risk-taking in the fund industry. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vega, Hugo (2012) Essays in applied macroeconomic theory: volatility, spreads, and unconventional monetary policy tools. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tacharoen, Kitjawat (2012) Essays on effects of skill mix on productivity and determinants of foreign ownership in developing countries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ungerer, Christoph (2012) Essays on markets with frictions: applications to the housing, labour and financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Szerman, Dimitri (2012) Public procurement auctions in Brazil. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zhang, Qi (2011) The Balassa-Samuelson relationship: theory, evidence and implications. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ishihara, Akifumi (2011) Essays on relational contracts. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ferman, Marcelo (2011) A macro-finance approach to the term structure of interest rates. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Metzger, Daniel (2011) Human capital and decision making within the firm. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Cunningham, Thomas (2011) Essays on thresholds and on relative thinking. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rodano, Giacomo (2011) Inequality, bankruptcy and the macroeconomy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gulesci, Selim (2011) Poverty, occupational choice and social networks: essays in development economics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Carayol, Timothée (2011) Social capital, human capital, and labour market outcomes. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Taylor, Ashley (2011) The macroeconomic impact of financial reforms: interactions and spillover. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Moreno de Barreda, Ines (2011) Essays in applied economic theory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kucuk Tuger, Hande (2011) Essays on international portfolio allocation and risk sharing. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Żurawski , Piotr Marcin (2011) Essays on market liquidity. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Barany, Zsofia Luca (2011) Essays on the macroeconomics of inequality. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Foote, Elizabeth Ellen (2011) Essays in financial intermediation and banking. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Burchardi, Konrad Burchard (2011) Three essays in applied microeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Grangård, Halfdan (2011) Health and the economy: three essays. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Rossi, Francesca (2011) Improved tests for spatial autoregressions. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Stein, Daniel (2011) Rainfall index insurance in India. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Perez-Kakabadse, H. Alonso (2010) Consumption and saving behaviour under uncertainty with unorthodox preferences. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Roy, Sanchari (2010) Essays on the role of property rights in economic development. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Michau, Jean-Baptiste (2010) Essays on unemployment and labour market policies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fantino, Davide (2010) Innovation activity, R&D incentives, competition and market value. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gomes, Pedro Batista Maia (2010) Macroeconomic effects of fiscal policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Groeger, Joachim (2010) Participation in dynamic auctions. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ribeiro, Ricardo (2010) Three essays in empirical industrial organization. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bonfatti, Roberto (2010) Three essays on international trade, foreign influence, and institutions. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sila, Urban (2010) Working hours, childcare support, wage inequality and windfall gains. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Luppi, Barbara (2010) The consequences of behavioural bias: Bandit problems and product liability law. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Wang, Tianxi (2009) Firms, names, and the organization of financial markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jose Buainain Sarquis, Sarquis (2009) Business cycles in a credit constrained small open economy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shamloo, Maral (2009) Essays in empirical macroeconomics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kalnina, Ilze (2009) Essays on estimation and inference for volatility with high frequency data. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fons-Rosen, Christian (2009) Essays on knowledge flows, international economics, and entrepreneurship. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Zabczyk, Pawel (2009) Essays on macro-finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

McMahon, Michael Francis (2009) Essays on macroeconomics: Macroeconomic policy and economic performance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ban, Radu (2009) Four "new political economy" essays. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hansen, Stephen (2009) Information, career concerns and organizational performance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sandewall, Nils Orjan (2009) Preferences and skills: Four studies into unobserved human nature and its implications. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Haacker, Markus (2008) Economic growth in development---health, demographics, and access to technologies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Huse, Cristian (2008) Essays in applied econometrics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Perez, Ander (2008) Essays in macroeconomics and corporate finance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Meuller, Hannes Felix (2008) Essays on intrinsic motivation and conflict inside organizations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Aspachs-Bracons, Oriol (2008) Financial intermediation, economic development and business cycles fluctuations. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

da Silva, Afonso Goncalves (2008) Fractional cointegration analysis of nonlinear time series with long memory. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Santos, Carlos Daniel (2008) Investment, R&D and credit constraints. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vourvachaki, Evangelia (2008) Multi-sector growth: the role of information and communication technologies and other intermediates in recent growth experiences. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Silva, Nancy Andrea (2008) The economics of banking crisis, regulation and deposit insurance. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Muûls, Mirabelle (2007) The interaction between firms and governments in climate change and international trade. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sousa, Ricardo Jorge Magalhaes de Abreu Santos (2007) Consumption, housing and financial wealth, asset returns, and monetary policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tinn, Katrin (2007) Financial markets' imperfections and technology adoption. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Puglisi, Riccardo (2007) The political role of mass media in an agenda-setting framework: theory and evidence. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vega, Marco (2006) Macroeconomic models for inflation targeting in economies with financial dollarisation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Jorge Fernandes Mata, Tiago (2006) Dissent in economics: Making radical political economics and post Keynesian economics, 1960-1980. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Paris, Francisco (2006) Institutional failure in Venezuela: the cases of spending oil revenues and the governance of PDVSA (1975-2005). PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

De Paoli, Bianca Shelton C (2006) Welfare and macroeconomic policy in small open economies. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vlieghe, Gertjan Willem (2005) Credit market imperfections: Macroeconomic consequences and monetary policy implications. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Yanes, Leopoldo Jose (2005) Industrial development and international trade: Technological capabilities and collusion. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Arce, Oscar J (2005) Interactions between inflation, monetary and fiscal policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ferraris, Leo (2005) On the coexistence of money and credit. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Veronese, Barbara (2005) Representation, policy making and accountability: Learning from changes in democratic institutions. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Munoz, Sonia (2005) An empirical investigation of changes in asset ownership patterns: Microeconomic aspects and macroeconomic consequences. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Guadelupe, Maria (2005) The interaction between explicit contracting and economic conditions in labour markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Vallanti, Giovanna (2004) Employment dynamics, growth and institutions: empirical evidence from OECD countries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lopez-Garcia, Paloma (2004) Entrepreneurial activity and aggregate employment performance: Theory and OECD evidence. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Richter, Kaspar (2004) Household welfare and income shocks: The case of Russia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fiorio, Carlo V (2004) Microsimulation and analysis of income distribution: An application to Italy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mueller, Elisabeth (2004) Performance of private companies: An empirical investigation into the role of control, risk and incentives. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Leonardi, Marco (2004) Three aspects of wage inequality. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bulli, Sandra (2004) The dynamics of growth: Econometric modelling and the implications for employment. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kim, Yong Jin (2003) Macroeconomics of skill accumulation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Larcinese, Valentino (2003) Political information, elections and public policy. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bayer, Ralph C (2003) The economics of income tax evasion. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bergareche, Ana (2001) Interpreting autonomy: Work, sexual violence and women's empowerment in the northern Mexican border. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Kravatsky, Axel (2001) Use of multiple criteria decision analysis for the development of adaptive fishery management strategies: The case of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fotaki, Marianna (2001) The impact of the market oriented reforms in the UK and Sweden: Case study cataract surgery. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Lee, Hyun-Jung (1999) Affective states at work and prosocial organisational behaviour: a case study of health care workers in the NHS. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Bennett, Sara (1999) Imperfect information and hospital competition in developing countries: A Bangkok case study. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Povel, Paul (1998) Financial contracts, bankruptcy and product market competition. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Hoesch, Donata (1998) Factor mobility: migration with brain drain and technology gain, tariff induced technology transfer and foreign direct investment by small firms. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Metochi, Melvina (1998) Mobilization and union leadership in labour organisations: The case of the public corporate sector in Cyprus. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Keller, R. Godfrey (1998) Optimal learning through experimentation by microeconomic agents. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Sessions, John G (1998) Unemployment, earnings and absence: British and European labour market experience. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Fotopoulos, Georgios (1998) The determinants of firm entry and exit into Greek manufacturing industries: Sectoral, temporal and spatial variation. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Horder, Jakob (1997) Essays on financial institutions, inflation and inequality. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Chemla, Gilles (1996) Essays on the theory of the firm: Interactions between capital, product and labour markets. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Warburton, William Porter (1996) Estimating the impact of selected programs on participants' subsequent welfare dependence and employment in British Columbia. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Coyle-Shapiro, Jacqueline A-M. (1996) The impact of a TQM intervention on work attitudes: a longitudinal case study. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Shaughnessy, Scott S (1996) The politics of tax reform: Britain and France in the 1980s. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Gabriel Porcile Meirelles, Jose (1995) Economic cooperation and integration between Argentina and Brazil, 1939-92. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Collado-Vindel, Maria Dolores (1994) Dynamic econometric models for cohort and panel data: Methods and applications to life-cycle consumption. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Godfrey, Nancy (1993) Getting in on the act: The multiplicity of agencies promoting the health of refugees, with a case study of the Afghans in Pakistan, 1978-1988. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Freitas de Castro, Marcia (1993) Uneven development and peripheral capitalism: The case of Brazilian informatics. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tang, Tae Young (1992) The effects of competitive pressures on labour market institutions and economic performance: A cross-country comparative study. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Pinto, Ricardo (1991) The impact of Estate Action on developments in council housing, management and effectiveness. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Ruitenbeek, Herman Jack (1990) Evaluating economic policies for promoting rainforest conservation in developing countries. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Abdallaoui Maan, Ghali (1984) Stochastic control in manpower planning. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Glendon, Ian (1977) The participant observer and groups in conflict: a case study from industry. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Richardson, C. James (1975) Aspects of contemporary social mobility in the London region. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Thompson, Martyn (1974) Ideas of contract in English political thought 1679-1704. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Evron, Yair (1971) Nuclear options in a regional sub-system: the case of Israel, with some general comparative references. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Crowley, D. W. (1952) The origins of the revolt of the British Labour movement from Liberalism 1875-1906. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Edelberg, Victor (1933) Wages and capitalist production. PhD thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Phillips, Marion (1909) A colonial autocracy: New South Wales under Governor Macquarie, 1810-1821. Other thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science.

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January 31st, 2024, msc prizewinners 2022/23 announced.

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The International Relations Department is very pleased to announce the MSc prizewinners for the 2022/23 session:

for the best 10,000 word MSc IR Dissertation

This was awarded to:

Flora Willimek

for the dissertation entitled When Diplomats become Leaders: Conceptualizing Diplomatic Leadership in Crisis from a Psychological Angle

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for the best 10,000 word MSc IPE Dissertation

This was awarded jointly to

Dimitrios Efthymiadis

for the dissertation entitled What are the driving motives behind currency union participation? Examining the historical experience of Greece in the Latin monetary union

Louis Rawlings

for the dissertation entitled Private equity firms as orchestrators: a study of leverage power 

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Mak Kasapovic

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Nadja Lovadinov

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Alina Iltutmus

for the best performance in IR4A2 International Relations: Global Applications

Layal Niazy

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MSc International Relations Philip Windsor Dissertation Prize

When Diplomats become Leaders: Conceptualizing Diplomatic Leadership in Crisis from a Psychological Angle

On 5th September 2022, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock held a speech on the occasion of the 20th Conference of the Heads of Missions, calling upon the assembled ambassadors not to refrain from speaking out loud “out of fear of headwind” (Baerbock 2022). This request is new. Traditionally, diplomats prevent confrontation through trustful behind-the-door negotiations. They are expected to tactfully adhere to the clear line separating their job from that of their political leaders. When an ambassador oversteps boundaries by disregarding conventions or interfering too actively in the host country’s affairs, this usually does not end well. One might think of former US Ambassador Grenell who, from 2018, found himself isolated in a Berlin that was reluctant to deal with his controversies (Von Hammerstein 2019).

Notable individuals who alter the course of history have fascinated already at the times of Plato and Aristotle (Bass; Stogdill 1990: 3). But since these tender beginnings of the engagement with leadership, the necessary skills have usually been attributed to those in formal positions of power, such as monarchs or presidents. Members of the diplomatic corps instead are supposed to represent and implement standard codes of action as custodians of the international system (Adler-Nissen 2015(b): 27). In rare occasions however, we observe instances of extraordinary diplomatic leadership  that do not follow this expected pattern, neither in style nor in substance. The Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg would be one of those examples, who saved thousands of Jews through protective passports during the Holocaust in Hungary in 1944 (Matz 2014: 582f). More recently, Tom Fletcher, a British Ambassador to Lebanon, became known as a pioneer of innovative diplomacy and social media use (Pelling 2015: 174).

With my study, I aim to draw attention to these ‘outliers’ in diplomacy, seeking to develop a lens which allows us to better understand the nature and origins of those ‘undiplomatic’ occurrences of diplomacy. What can they tell us about leadership in a profession that is not meant to bear leaders? On a theoretical level, research has so far surprisingly neglected the impact that regular diplomats and their character traits have on foreign policy decisions of their hosts countries, especially in times of disruption. Yet, we have much to gain from applying approaches from the realm of political psychology to diplomatic scholarship.

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MSc International Political Economy Susan Strange Dissertation Prize

What are the driving motives behind currency union participation? Examining the historical experience of Greece in the Latin monetary union

Governments occasionally choose to either yield their monetary control to other nations or to co- manage monetary authority with them. The European Monetary Union (EMU) and the introduction of a common currency for its 20 members has been the latest in a long history of such endeavours. The decision to adopt a common currency, however, has not been easy for members and not one without potentially catastrophic drawbacks. Greece, following the transmutation of the 2008 global financial crises into a eurozone crisis suffered the longest recession of any advanced post-WW2 economy (Alogoskoufis, 2012). Yet Greece, for as long as it had independence over monetary affairs, has tried to integrate itself into supernational monetary arrangements and the global monetary system, with the EMU being just the latest of many attempts at monetary cooperation in which the country participated. The first such attempt was the Latin Monetary Union (LMU) which is the subject of this paper.

The LMU represented a 19th-century attempt to unify several European currencies into a single currency that could be used in all the member states. At its core the LMU was a bimetallic currency union based on the French franc’s fixed legal gold-silver ratio at 1:15.5, and used the franc as the common monetary unit (Flandreau, 1995a). The union was established in 1865 by France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Greece also was also admitted as a member in April 1867. From its inception, the Greek state had sought to adopt a reliable monetary system, on the one hand to consolidate its political sovereignty, on the other hand to establish a monetised economy domestically, as well as to integrate into the international monetary system and become an integral part of the European polity. In relation to these ends, joining the LMU offered the potential of inducing modernization of the country’s monetary institutions as well as the desired politico-economic integration with the rest of the continent.

But what was it that motivated the Greek decision to join the LMU and to subordinate part of its autonomy over monetary affairs? Why do countries join monetary unions? In the orthodox economic literature, the answer has come to lie in Optimal Currency Area theory (OCA). According to this theory, countries are motivated to join monetary unions to reap microeconomic benefits, particularly as they relate to improving the usefulness of money in international trade. The International Political Economy (IPE) literature, particularly the contributions of Benjamin Cohen, supplement the economic factors with political considerations that determine states’ decisions to join a currency union. This literature adopts a largely realist approach, arguing that participation in transnational monetary arrangements ultimately hinges upon whether or not they expand the state’s range of available actions or relative power on the international stage.

Private equity firms as orchestrators: a study of leverage power 

On the 2nd of October 2020, TDR Capital (‘TDR’), a relatively unknown private equity firm, announced their intention to acquire Asda, a UK supermarket chain, for £6.8bn (Asda, 2020). As the largest ‘leveraged buyout’ in the UK since 2007, the transaction’s size in itself was enough to turn heads. But what took even corporate finance professionals by surprise was how TDR funded the acquisition. According to one senior investment banker, “the City couldn’t understand how [TDR] could buy a £7bn asset with £800m in equity” (IFR, 2022a: 92). It was later revealed that TDR and their business partners, the Issa family, had funded only £200 million of the multi-billion-pound acquisition in equity, with the remaining capital borrowed from financial markets (Smith and Wiggins, 2023). The relative ease with which TDR acquired a corporation that feeds millions of people every day, funded through an exceptionally complex and large debt financing, raises political-economic questions about the forms of power that private equity firms have over the real economy and other actors in the financial system.

Whilst the distribution and nature of power are the subject of much scholarship in International Political Economy (‘IPE’) (Cox, 1997), the power of the finance industry in advanced political economies has been relatively under-theorised (Braun and Koddenbrock, 2023). Though some literature since the global financial crisis has focused on the instrumental and structural power of finance over the state (Culpepper and Reinke, 2014; Pagliari and Young, 2016), there has been less focus in IPE on the power that financial actors exert vis-à-vis other financial actors and non-financial corporations (‘NFCs’) (Braun, 2022; Christophers, 2023). Recently, two contributions have proposed novel research agendas that look to fill this gap. Braun and Koddenbrock (2023: 23) suggest that research should focus on “the various types of financial firms” and “their business models”. In parallel, Dafe et al. (2022) have proposed a research agenda that acknowledges how ‘financialisation’ has “transformed the basis of [the] structural power [of finance] away from facilitating productive investment toward alternative functions that have gone unnoticed in the existing literature” (2022: 536). Dafe et al. (2022: 527) explicitly single out the power of private equity firms (‘PE firms’) as under-researched. This paper brings together both research agendas by focusing on the power of PE firms at a specific, but significant, moment in their financialised business model: the leveraged buyout.

MSc International Relations Research Martin Wight Dissertation Prize

Counter-hegemony and peace common sense: A neo-Gramscian framework for peace analysis

Studies of peacebuilding are witnessing a macro (re)turn. The rise of non-Western powers such as China and India that have started to contest Western dominance in global peace governance and other areas has turned the gaze of peacebuilding scholars towards large-scale, global perspectives. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, in particular, jolted the complacent field that was stuck in the “local turn”, debating the intricacies of local and indigenous agency, practices, and modes of being, and how they interweave with external (Western) interventions that aim to impose a peace based on the dictates of liberalism and the democratic peace thesis. This macro turn is often based on the assumption that the sun has set on the Western-dominated liberal order and the epistemic certainties it afforded both to mainstream and critical approaches, or at the very least that its foundations are starting to tremble. As noted recently by Bargués et al. (2023, p. 2), “as the old liberal order collapses and new orders emerge, let us take a moment to talk about this transformation”.

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Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90

He helped pioneer a branch of the field that exposed hard-wired mental biases in people’s economic behavior. The work led to a Nobel.

By Robert D. Hershey Jr.

Daniel Kahneman, who never took an economics course but who pioneered a psychologically based branch of that field that led to a Nobel in economic science in 2002, died on Wednesday. He was 90.

His death was confirmed by his partner, Barbara Tversky. She declined to say where he died.

Professor Kahneman, who was long associated with Princeton University and lived in Manhattan, employed his training as a psychologist to advance what came to be called behavioral economics. The work, done largely in the 1970s, led to a rethinking of issues as far-flung as medical malpractice, international political negotiations and the evaluation of baseball talent, all of which he analyzed, mostly in collaboration with Amos Tversky , a Stanford cognitive psychologist who did groundbreaking work on human judgment and decision-making. (Ms. Tversky, also a professor of psychology at Stanford , had been married to Professor Tversky, who died in 1996. She and Professor Kahneman became partners several years ago.)

As opposed to traditional economics, which assumes that human beings generally act in fully rational ways and that any exceptions tend to disappear as the stakes are raised, the behavioral school is based on exposing hard-wired mental biases that can warp judgment, often with counterintuitive results.

“His central message could not be more important,” the Harvard psychologist and author Steven Pinker told The Guardian in 2014, “namely, that human reason left to its own devices is apt to engage in a number of fallacies and systematic errors, so if we want to make better decisions in our personal lives and as a society, we ought to be aware of these biases and seek workarounds. That’s a powerful and important discovery.”

Professor Kahneman delighted in pointing out and explaining what he called universal brain “kinks.” The most important of these, the behaviorists hold, is loss-aversion: Why, for example, does the loss of $100 hurt about twice as much as the gaining of $100 brings pleasure?

Among its myriad implications, loss-aversion theory suggests that it is foolish to check one’s stock portfolio frequently, since the predominance of pain experienced in the stock market will most likely lead to excessive and possibly self-defeating caution.

Loss-aversion also explains why golfers have been found to putt better when going for par on a given hole than for a stroke-gaining birdie. They try harder on a par putt because they dearly want to avoid a bogey, or a loss of a stroke.

Mild-mannered and self-effacing, Professor Kahneman not only welcomed debate on his ideas; he also enlisted the help of adversaries as well as colleagues to perfect them. When asked who should be considered the “father” of behavioral economics, Professor Kahneman pointed to the University of Chicago economist Richard H. Thaler , a younger scholar (by 11 years) whom he described in his Nobel autobiography as his second most important professional friend, after Professor Tversky.

“I’m the grandfather of behavioral economics,” Professor Kahneman allowed in a 2016 interview for this obituary, in a restaurant near his home in Lower Manhattan.

This new school of thought did not get its first major public airing until 1985, in a conference at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, a bastion of traditional economics.

Professor Kahneman’s public reputation rested heavily on his 2011 book “Thinking, Fast and Slow,” which appeared on best-seller lists in science and business. One commentator, the essayist, mathematical statistician and former option trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the influential book on improbability “The Black Swan,” placed “Thinking” in the same league as Adam Smith’s “The Wealth of Nations” and Sigmund Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams.”

The author Jim Holt, writing in The New York Times Book Review , called “Thinking” “an astonishingly rich book: lucid, profound, full of intellectual surprises and self-help value.”

Shane Frederick, a professor at the Yale School of Management and a Kahneman protégé, said by email in 2016 that Professor Kahneman had “helped transform economics into a true behavioral science rather than a mere mathematical exercise in outlining the logical entailments of a set of often wildly untenable assumptions.”

An Accessible Writer

Professor Kahneman propagated his findings with an appealing writing style, using illustrative vignettes with which even lay readers could engage.

Professor Kahneman wrote, for example, that Professor Thaler had inspired him to study, as an experiment, the so-called mental accounting of someone who arrives at the theater and realizes that he has lost either his ticket or the cash equivalent. Professor Kahneman found that people who lost the cash would still buy a ticket by some means, while those who lost an already purchased ticket would more likely go home.

Professor Thaler won the 2017 Nobel in economic science — officially the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Professor Kahneman shared his 2002 Nobel with Vernon L. Smith of George Mason University in Virginia. “Had Tversky lived, he would certainly have shared the Nobel with Kahneman, his longtime collaborator and dear friend,” Professor Holt wrote in his 2011 Times review . Professor Tversky died in 1996 at 59.

Much of Professor Kahneman’s work is grounded in the notion — which he did not originate but organized and advanced — that the mind operates in two modes: fast and intuitive (mental activities that we’re more or less born with, called System One), or slow and analytical, a more complex mode involving experience and requiring effort (System Two).

Others have personified these mental modes as Econs (rational, analytical people) and Humans (emotional, impulsive and prone to exhibit unconscious mental biases and an unwise reliance on dubious rules of thumb). Professor Kahneman and Professor Tversky used the word “heuristics” to describe these rules of thumb. One is the “halo effect,” where in observing a positive attribute of another person one perceives other strengths that aren’t really there.

“Before Kahneman and Tversky, people who thought about social problems and human behavior tended to assume that we are mostly rational agents,” the Times columnist David Brooks wrote in 2011 . “They assumed that people have control over the most important parts of their own thinking. They assumed that people are basically sensible utility-maximizers, and that when they depart from reason it’s because some passion like fear or love has distorted their judgment.”

But Professors Kahneman and Tversky, he went on, “yielded a different vision of human nature.”

As Mr. Brooks described it: “We are players in a game we don’t understand. Most of our own thinking is below awareness.” He added: “Our biases frequently cause us to want the wrong things. Our perceptions and memories are slippery, especially about our own mental states. Our free will is bounded. We have much less control over ourselves than we thought.”

The work of Professor Kahneman and Professor Tversky, he concluded, “will be remembered hundreds of years from now.”

In the Shadow of Nazis

Daniel Kahneman was born on March 5, 1934, into a family of Lithuanian Jews who had emigrated to France to the early 1920s. After France fell to Nazi Germany in World War II, Daniel, like other Jews, was forced to wear a Star of David on the outside of his clothing. His father, the research chief in a chemical factory, was seized and interned at a way station before deportation to an extermination camp, but he was then released under mysterious circumstances. The family escaped to the Riviera and then to central France, where they lived in a converted chicken coop.

Daniel’s father died just before D-Day, in June 1944, and Daniel, by then an eighth-grader, and his sister, Ruth, wound up in British-controlled Palestine with their mother, Rachel. (Daniel had been born in Tel Aviv during an extended visit with relatives by his mother.)

He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a major in psychology, completing his college studies in two years. In 1954, after the founding of the state of Israel, he was drafted into the Israeli Defense Forces as a second lieutenant.

After a year as a platoon leader, he was transferred to the psychology branch, where he was given occasional assignments to assess candidates for officer training.

The unit’s ability to predict performance, however, was so poor that he coined the term “illusion of validity,” meaning a cognitive bias in which one displays overconfidence in the accuracy of one’s judgments. Two decades later this “illusion” became one of the most frequently cited elements in psychology literature.

He married Irah Kahan in Israel, and they soon set off for the University of California, Berkeley, where he had been granted a fellowship. He earned his Ph.D. in psychology there. He returned to Israel to teach at Hebrew University from 1961 to 1977. The marriage ended in divorce. (Professor Kahneman held dual citizenships, in the United States and Israel.)

In 1978, Professor Kahneman married Anne Treisman, a noted British psychologist who shared his interest in the study of attention, which was the chief subject of his early work. The two of them ran a lab and wrote papers together. In 2013 she received the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama. She died in 2018. He and Ms. Treisman had long been friends with the Tverskys.

In addition to Ms. Tversky, he is survived by a son and daughter from his first marriage, Michael Kahneman and Lenore Shoham; two stepdaughters from his second marriage, Jessica and Deborah Treisman; two stepsons from the same marriage, Daniel and Stephen Treisman; three grandchildren; and four step-granddaughters. He lived in Greenwich Village for many years.

It was in Jerusalem, while developing a training course for Air Force flight instructors, that Professor Kahneman had “the most satisfying Eureka experience of my career,” as he wrote in an autobiographical sketch for the Nobel committee.

He had started to preach the traditional view that to promote learning, praise is more effective than punishment. But a seasoned colleague insisted otherwise, telling him, as Professor Kahneman recalled:

“On many occasions I have praised flight cadets for clean execution of some aerobatic maneuver, and in general when they try it again, they do worse. On the other hand, I have often screamed at cadets for bad execution, and in general they do better the next time. So please don’t tell us that reinforcement works and punishment does not, because the opposite is the case.”

The colleague had insisted — and convinced Professor Kahneman — that statistically people may do very well in something in one instance or very poorly in another, but that in the end they tend to regress to the mean, or average.

“This was a joyous moment, in which I learned an important truth about the world,” Professor Kahneman wrote. “Because we tend to reward others when they do well and punish them when they do badly, and because there is regression to the mean, it is part of the human condition that we are statistically punished for rewarding others and rewarded for punishing them.”

His collaboration with Professor Tversky — their peak productive years were 1971 to 1981 — was exceptionally close, so much so that it inspired the author Michael Lewis to write a book about them, “The Undoing Project : A Friendship That Changed Our Minds” (2016).

“Amos and I shared the wonder of together owning a goose that could lay golden eggs — a joint mind that was better than our separate minds,” Professor Kahneman wrote in his Nobel autobiography. Later, in “Thinking,” he wrote, “The pleasure we found in working together made us exceptionally patient; it is much easier to strive for perfection when you are never bored.”

Mr. Lewis reported that the two men worked on a single typewriter, often amid uproarious laughter and shouts in Hebrew and English, and that they had sometimes flipped a coin to determine whose name would be listed first on a paper.

But they also feuded, particularly when Professor Kahneman thought he was being denied proper credit. One falling-out lasted years, ending finally with a reconciliation. Professor Kahneman was solicitous during his colleague’s final illness (he died of metastatic melanoma) and was his main eulogist at his funeral in 1996.

One product of their collaboration was a finding that overconfidence in conjunction with optimism is an extremely common bias, which leads people to think that wars are quickly winnable and that building projects will be completed on budget. But Professor Kahneman and Professor Tversky considered such bias necessary in the end for capitalism to function.

Professor Kahneman’s North American career included teaching posts at the University of British Columbia and Berkeley before he joined the Princeton University faculty in 1993.

His most recent book is “Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment” (2021), written with Cass Sunstein and Olivier Sibony. In The Times Book Review, Steven Brill called it a “tour de force of scholarship and clear writing.”

The book looks at how human judgment often varies wildly even among specialists, as reflected in judicial decisions, insurance premiums, medical diagnoses and corporate decisions, as well as in many other aspects of life.

And it distinguishes between predictable biases — a judge, for example, who consistently sentences Black defendants more harshly — and what the authors call “noise”: less explainable decisions resulting from what they define as “unwanted variability in judgments.” In one example, the authors report that doctors are more likely to order cancer screenings for patients they see early in the morning than late in the afternoon.

The book, like his others, was an outgrowth of Professor Kahneman’s lifelong quest to understand how the human mind works — what thought processes lead people to make the kinds of decisions and judgments they do as they navigate a complex world. And toward the end of his life he acknowledged that so much more was to be known.

In an interview with Kara Swisher on her Times podcast “Sway” in 2021, he said, “If I were starting my career now, I would be choosing between artificial intelligence and neuroscience, because those are now particularly exciting ways of looking at human nature.”

Robert D. Hershey Jr. , a longtime reporter who wrote about finance and economics for The Times, died in January. Alex Traub contributed reporting.