Fueling Reactions: Three Empirical Essays on Behavioral Responses, Economic Shocks, and Energy Markets

Euclides Coelho de Medeiros Correia

Published: May 13, 2026

This dissertation examines how shocks in energy and commodity markets propagate through local economies and reshape human behavior, spanning three empirical essays that connect energy markets to electoral behavior, commodity price dynamics, and criminal violence.

Economics Commodity Energy (signal processing) Price shock Empirical research