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The Intriguing Nexus Between Corruption and Capital Account Restrictions
Dreher, Axel; Siemers, Lars-H.R. - EconWPA - 2003
The paper develops a theoretical model showing a mutual relationship between corruption and capital account restrictions. According to the model, higher corruption induces stricter restrictions and vice versa. We test the model using panel data for 112 countries over the period 1984-2002 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556016
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Alternative Measures of the Explanatory Power of Multivariate Probit Models with Continuous or Ordinal Responses
Spieß, Martin; Tutz, Gerhard - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2002
In this paper R2-type measures of the explanatory power of multivariate linear and categorical probit models proposed in the literature are reviewed and their deficiencies are discussed. It is argued that a measure of the explanatory power should take into account the components which are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963825
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GEE Estimation of a Two-Equation Panel Data Model: An Analysis of Wage Dynamics and the Incidence of Profit-Sharing in West Germany
Pannenberg, Markus; Spieß, Martin - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007
We propose a generalized estimating equations approach to the analysis of the mean and the covariance structure of a bivariate time series process of panel data with mixed continuous and discrete dependent variables. The approach is used to jointly analyze wage dynamics and the incidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068845
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The Dynamics of Social Assistance Receipt: Measurement and Modelling Issues, with an Application to Britain
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Jenkins, Stephen P. - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
We model the dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey, waves 1-15. First, we discuss definitions of social assistance benefit receipt, and present information about the trends between 1991 and 2005 in the receipt of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005069090
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From No Pay to Low Pay and Back Again?: A Multi-State Model of Low Pay Dynamics
Uhlendorff, Arne - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2006
This study analyzes the mobility between three labor market states: working in low paid jobs, working in higher paid jobs and not working. Using German panel data I estimate dynamic multinomial logit panel data models with random effects taking the initial conditions problem and potential...
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Currency crises in Asia: A multivariate logit approach
Jacobs, Jan P.A.M.; Kuper, Gerard H.; Lestano - EconWPA - 2004
dynamics. We find that money growth (M1 and M2), national savings, and import growth correlate with currency crises. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119432
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Indicators of financial crises do work! An early-warning system for six Asian countries
Lestano; Jacobs, Jan; Kuper, Gerard H. - EconWPA - 2004
Indicators of financial crisis generally do not have a good track record. This paper presents an early warning system for six countries in Asia, in which indicators do work.We distinguish three types of financial crises, currency crises, banking crises and debt crises, and extract four groups of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119472
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Ageing and pension system reform : implications for financial markets and economic policies
2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003218185
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Private pensions and public policy
Duskin, Elizabeth (contributor) - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012879581
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Pensions, Savings and Capital Flows : From Ageing to Emerging Markets
Reisen, Helmut - 2000
capital flows to emerging markets, Pensions, Savings and Capital Flows will inform policy and academic debates on financial …This books explores the international aspects of pension reform, private savings and volatile capital markets and …, analysing the implications of financial reform for stimulating savings, and exploring both the benefits and risks of global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447865