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Krug, Walter - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 224 (2004) 1-2, pp. 91-102

It will be discussed if the confidence in the results of the production of economic and social data will be justified. Probability based conclusions are possible concerning the sampling error. In order to quantify the non-sampling error an accuracy check is necessary which causes practical...

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Structuring Tchebycheff-Type Inequalities--A Systematical Approach.

Strotmann, Herald - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 219 (1999) 3+4, pp. 468-493

Though there is a huge variety of different Tchebycheff-type inequalities in the literature a systematized structuring is missing. The few existing surveys remain rather enumerative. Therefore in this paper a structuring of Tchebycheff-type inequalities is suggested which is based on three...

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Social Statistics: Its History and Some Modem Issues

Sheynin, Oscar - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 223 (2003) 1, pp. 91-112

Based on my previous publications and many other sources, I trace the history of social statistics before the 20th century and link it with the development of the statistical method in natural sciences. Many recent statistical issues had scarcely, or not at all existed then, and before Lexis...

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Assessing the Rationality of Survey Expectations: The Probability Approach

Breitung, Jörg - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 228 (2008) 5+6, pp. 630-643

This paper considers popular methods for the quantification of survey expectations.We investigate the asymptotic properties of two variants of the probability approach originally suggested by Carlson and Parkin (1975). It is argued that the traditionalmethod can be interpreted as an instrumental...

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Controlling Chaos in the Kaldor Model.

Heilig, Stephan; Schöbel, Rainer - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 219 (1999) 5+6, pp. 657-672

Using Kaldor's business cycle model we show how a chaotic system with limited resources can be controlled in the general case where the equilibrium which we want to stabilize is not a saddle point. This problem has considerable economic relevance because it cannot be assumed that equilibria can...

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Reconciling Normative and Behavioral Economics: An Application of the “Naturalistic Approach” to the Adaptation Problem

Schubert, Christian; Binder, Martin - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 234 (2014) 2-3, pp. 350-365

While standard economic theory takes individual preferences as stable and “given”, i.e., independent of situational context, real-world preferences tend to vary with changing opportunity sets. This is exemplified by Aesop’s fable of the fox and the sour grapes. This phenomenon of...

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How Bubbles are born and Burst in the Foreign Exchanges

Gärtner, Manfred - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 218 (1999) 3+4, pp. 294-308

irrationalities. These are: sticky goods prices, believing in a wrong model, heterogenous expectations and learning processes. It is …

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Two Sided-Learning with Applications to Labour Turnover and Worker Displacement

Pfann, Gerard A.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 228 (2008) 5+6, pp. 423-445

-displacement literature. After constructing a dynamicmodel of two-sided learning between a firm and its workers, we estimate it using … use also generates information on the value of learning and on whether and how the characteristics of workers who remain …’s value from learning about its workers’ behavior and to infer the extent of biases in estimating losses from displacement …

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Like Doktorvater, like Son? Tracing Role Model Learning in the Evolution of German Laser Research

Buensdorf, Guido; Geissler, Matthias - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 234 (2014) 2-3, pp. 158-184

We trace individual-level learning and knowledge transfer in public research by matching about 5,000 doctoral … and role model learning in public research. There is little evidence of pronounced barriers to entry into laser research. …

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Environment-Friendly Innovation by Price Signals or Regulation? An Empirical Investigation for Germany.

Grupp, Hariolf - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 219 (1999) 5+6, pp. 611-631

This paper presents a scoping investigation of environment-friendly innovation, price and policy signals in Germany. The variables for sustainable innovation (special patent indicators) and for rational expectations (real crude oil import costs and expenditures for environmental protection) are...

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