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Political Multi-task Problems, Incentive Pay and Citizen Participation
(2017)We analyze the extent and effectiveness of electoral accountability and the problems related to keeping the politicians accountable. We illustrate the importance of developing incentive tools to discipline the incumbents. We propose "incentive pay" as an effective tool and we analyze its potentials and limitations. To assess the appropriate incentive schemes, we first explore the sources of (re)election incentives for politicians. To ...Doctoral Thesis -
Numerical Modeling of Morphological Response of Gravel-Bed Rivers to Sediment Supply
(2017)Doctoral Thesis -
Complex birth-death models for Bayesian phylodynamic inferences
(2018)Phylogenetic trees show the evolutionary relationships between individuals, populations or species and are generally built from genetic sequences. Phylodynamic inference focuses on reconstructing the underlying evolutionary processes from a phylogenetic tree, and can infer biologically meaningful parameters such as the rate of transmission of a pathogen or the rate of extinction of certain species. Its applications thus range from tracking ...Doctoral Thesis -
Pore-scale investigation of biofilm growth in three-dimensional porous media
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Dissipation and Interactions in Quantum Optics
(2019)Quantum optics, the study of light at the level of its building blocks, has been one of the frontiers of science. The arena of quantum optics has been fruitful for investigations of a wide range of interesting questions, from those on the fundamental structures in driven dissipative systems to those on applications of quantum information processing and quantum communication. The first part of this thesis is concerned with one of the ...Doctoral Thesis -
Marine boundary layer stable water isotope variability in the Southern Ocean
(2019)The Southern Ocean overturning strength constitutes an essential control mecha- nism for future anthropogenic carbon uptake. The atmospheric water cycle, in turn, exerts an influence on upwelling intensity via buoyancy forcing induced by fresh- water fluxes. Stable water isotopes (H216O, H218O, HDO) are a powerful tool to constrain processes of the atmospheric water cycle and can therefore help to gain a more comprehensive picture on the ...Master Thesis -
Cloud droplet activity of soot particles after exposure to ozone at atmospheric conditions
(2019)The impact of soot emissions on global climate is a topic of ongoing discussions. On one side, atmospheric soot particles have a warming effect since they absorb solar radiation (direct aerosol effect). On the other side, there are indications that soot particles could contribute to the formation of clouds, which would have a cooling effect and might offset their warming effect (indirect aerosol effect). However, there is no consensus ...Doctoral Thesis -
Consumer Exposure to Bisphenolic Compounds: Advancing Exposure and Pharmacokinetic Modeling
(2019)Doctoral Thesis