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Essays on Political Finance

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This dissertation is a broad study on individual and firm-level financial conditions and their effects on politics. In the first chapter, I study the effect of economic conditions on political polarization using micro-data on house prices, mortgages, and individual political contributions. I argue that shocks to housing wealth --- the...

Keyword:

Financial Crises, Political Polarization, Housing Markets, Mortgages, and Voting

Subject:

Economics, Finance, and Political science

Creator:

van Straelen, Hendrik Philip

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

02/12/2020

Date Created:

2019-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Alternate Identifier:

etdadmin_upload_662641 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14651
Essays in Hedge Fund Economics

Description:

Hedge funds' existence and activity have a dramatic impact on both financial markets and the real economy. The first chapter of this thesis analyzes the tradeoff between access to financing and disclosure of valuable trading information hedge funds are facing when interacting with their brokers. The next two chapters model...

Keyword:

Prime Brokers, Credit Default Swap, Hedge Fund, Creditor Board, Voting, and Capital Structure Strategy

Subject:

Finance

Creator:

Ioan Florian I. Olaru

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

09/10/2018

Date Modified:

09/10/2018

Date Created:

2008-05-09

Resource Type:

Dissertation