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A generalized panel data switching regression model

Malikov, Emir; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 3, pp. 353-357

This paper considers a generalized panel data model of polychotomous and/or sequential switching which can also accommodate the dependence between unobserved effects and covariates in the model. We showcase our model using an empirical illustration in which we estimate scope economies for the...

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Specification and Estimation of Equilibrium Search Models

Bunzel, H.; Christensen, B. J.; Jensen, P.; Kiefer, N. M.; … - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 4 (2001) 1, pp. 90-126

This paper considers estimation of a pure equilibrium search model in which all heterogeneity is endogenous and due to information asymmetries, and of variations that allow better fits to the data. Measurement error and heterogeneity in the productivity levels of firms. The model is fit to a...

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Smoking persistence across countries: A panel data analysis

Christelis, Dimitris; Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 1077-1093

We provide new cross-country evidence on smoking persistence in Europe, which can be due to both true state dependence and individual unobserved heterogeneity. We distinguish between the two by using semi-parametric nonlinear panel data methods, applied to both the smoking participation and the...

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Dynamic Models of R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Panel Data Evidence for Dutch and French Manufacturing

MAIRESSE, Jacques; Mohnen, Pierre; Raymond, Wladimir; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D to innovation and innovation to productivity relationships, which have mostly … individual effects and idiosyncratic errors correlated across equations and that differ in the way innovation enters the … Community Innovation Survey. The results provide evidence of robust unidirectional causality from innovation to productivity and …

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Research, Innovation And Productivity: An Econometric Analysis At The Firm Level

Crepon, Bruno; Duguet, Emmanuel; Mairesse, Jacques - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 7 (1998) 2, pp. 115-158

This paper studies the links between productivity, innovation and research at the firm level. We introduce three new … features: (i) A structural model that explains productivity by innovation output, and innovation output by research investment … of firms engage in research activities and/or apply for patents; productivity, innovation and research are endogenously …

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Innovations, Growth and Employment: An Empirical Analysis on the Base of the ifo Firm Panel.

Smolny, Werner; Schneeweis, Thomas - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 218 (1999) 3+4, pp. 453-472

detailed analysis of firm behaviour. In this paper, estimates of the impact and the determinants of innovation behaviour are …

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The Impact of 'Rollover' Contracts on Switching Costs in the UK Voice Market: Evidence from Disaggregate Customer Billing Data

Crawford, Gregory S; Tosini, Nicola; Waehrer, Keith - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

In February 2008, British Telecommunications (BT) introduced automatically renewing, or ‘rollover’, contracts into the UK market for fixed-voice telephone service. These contracts included a 12-month Minimum Contract Period (MCP) with associated Early Termination Charges (ETCs). Unless...

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Investment and Time to Plan and Build: A Comparison of Structures vs. Equipment in A Panel of Italian Firms

Boca, Alessandra Del; Galeotti, Marzio; Himmelberg, … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 6 (2008) 4, pp. 864-889

"Time-to-build" models of investment expenditures play an important role in many traditional and modern theories of the business cycle, especially for explaining the dynamic propagation of shocks. We estimate the structural parameters of a time-to-build model using annual firm-level investment...

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Unobserved heterogeneity and risk in wage variance: Does more schooling reduce earnings risk?

Mazza, Jacopo; van Ophem, Hans; Hartog, Joop - In: Labour Economics 24 (2013) C, pp. 323-338

We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education to data for the USA, the UK and Germany. We find that in residual wage variation, uncertainty by far dominates unobserved heterogeneity. The relation between uncertainty and level of...

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Relationship lending and firm innovativeness

Giannetti, Caterina - In: Journal of Empirical Finance 19 (2012) 5, pp. 762-781

relationship with the main bank, and by the number of lenders – on a firm's ability to develop innovation and introduce new … products. As these effects may vary depending on both the type of firm and innovation, this study provides results for small … and high-tech firms and distinguishes between process and product innovation. The results suggest that for small firms …

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