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In the tradition of Afriat (1967), Diewert (1973) and Varian (1982), we provide a revealed preference characterisation of the representative consumer. Our results are simple and complement those of Gorman (1953, 1961), Samuelson (1956) and others. They can also be applied to data very readily...
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statistical aggregation procedure which allows for worker heterogeneity in observables and unobservables and is applicable to an …
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after separability being imposed. The empirical findings of the exact approach to aggregation are found to be rather …
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The aggregate average wage is often used as an indicator of economic performance and welfare, and as such often serves as a benchmark for changes in the generosity of public transfers and for wage negotiations. Yet if economies experience a high degree of (nonrandom) fluctuation in employment...
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exchange rate uncertainty. Based on this micro foundation an aggregation approach is presented. Under uncertainty, intervals of … where the aggregation of microeconomic real options effects under uncertainty are relevant, they may even be of a more …
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This paper considers the problem of aggregation in the case of large linear dynamic panels, where each micro unit is … Pesaran (2003), an optimal aggregate function is derived, and the limiting behavior of the aggregation error is investigated … which ‘observed’ inflation persistence at the aggregate level is due to aggregation and/or common unobserved factors. Our …
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In this paper, we use the death file from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to investigate the relationship between county-level unemployment rates and mortality risk. After partialling out important confounding factors including baseline health status as well as state and industry fixed...
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The consequences of aggregation, temporal or spatial, for the estimation of demand models are theoretically well … model at the most aggregated levels. Indeed, the results for quadratic adjustment costs confirm that aggregation along both …
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group’? A fourth type of contribution studied is the role of entrepreneurship in increasing individuals’ utility levels …
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presence of relative income terms in the utility function. Income may be evaluated relative to others (social comparison) or to … also discuss the relation (or not) between happiness and utility and discuss some non-happiness research (behavioural …, experimental, neurological) dealing with income comparisons. We last consider how relative income in the utility function affects …
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