1. Essays in Household Finance and Macroeconomics of Heterogeneous Agents Open Access Author: Sha, Mengli Title: Essays in Household Finance and Macroeconomics of Heterogeneous Agents Graduate Program: Economics Keywords: structural modelhousehold financestock adjustmentdynamic programmingdefaultauto loancredit supply shocksheterogeneous agentsdurable expendituresadjustment costsasset backed securitiesnonbank financial institutionssubprime lendingoverconfidenceemergency lending programTALFsimulated method of moments File: Download MengliSha_Dissertation.pdf Committee Members: Aydin Alptekinoglu, Outside Unit & Field MemberMarc Albert Henry, Program Head/ChairRoss Doppelt, Major Field MemberDavid Argente, Major Field MemberMark Roberts, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorRussell Wade Cooper, Special Member