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Self-rated and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality : first evidence from german panel data
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - 2002
Background: Studies from several countries have shown that self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality …. However, no empirical evidence exists for Germany so far. We investigate the effectiveness of (i) self-ratings of health by … individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as predictors of mortality for Germany. Methods: A sub-sample of 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009626677
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Finance, investment, and firm value in Germany and the US : a comparative analysis
Nowak, Eric - 1998
Germany and the United States are generally seen as the two competing systems of corporate governance. In search for a comparative welfare analysis of the financial systems, we are interested in (i) the aggregate value-added of corporate investments in the two countries and in (ii) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578016
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The response of long-term interest rates to news about monetary policy actions : empirical evidence for the US and Germany
Nautz, Dieter; Wolters, Jürgen - 1998
We reexamine the expectations theory of the term structure focusing on the question how monetary policy actions indicated by changes in the very short rate affect long-term interest rates. Our main point is that the expectations hypothesis implies that very long rates should only react to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578577
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Lag selection in subset VAR models with an application to a US monetary system
Brüggemann, Ralf; Lütkepohl, Helmut - 2000
Alternative modeling strategies for specifying subset VAR models are considered. It is shown that under certain conditions a testing procedure based on t-ratios is equivalent to sequentially eliminating lags that lead to the largest improvement in a prespecified model selection criterion. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009583885
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A fractionally integrated model with a mean shift for the US and the UK real oil prices
Gil-Alaña, Luis A. - 2000
In this article we model the log of the U.S. and the U.K. real oil prices in terms of fractionally integrated processes with a mean shift. We use different versions of the tests of Robinson (1994), which have standard null and local limit distributions. The results indicate that if we model the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009611543
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Modeling the US short-term interest rate by mixture autoregressive processes
Lanne, Markku; Saikkonen, Pentti - 2000
A new kind of mixture autoregressive model with GARCH errors is introduced and applied to the U.S. short-term interest rate. According to the diagnostic tests developed in the paper and further informal checks the model is capable of capturing both of the typical characteristics of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009612047
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On the (nonlinear) relationship between exchange rate uncertainty and trade : an investigation of US trade figures in the Group of Seven
Herwartz, Helmut (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001918978
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A class of Health-Jarrow-Morton models in which the unbiased expectations hypothesis holds
Riedel, Frank - 1997
The unbiased expectations hypothesis states that forward rates are unbiased estimates for future short rates. Cox, Ingersoll and Ross [1] conjectured that this hypothesis should be inconsistent with the absence of arbitrage possibilities. Using the framework of Heath, Jarrow and Morton [4] we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009632605
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Nonparametric estimation via local estimating equations, with applications to nutrition calibration
Carroll, Raymond J.; Ruppert, David; Welsh, A. H. - 1997
to nutrition is called "nonparametric calibration" after the term used for studies in that field. Other applications … Regression ; Nonlinear Regression ; Bandwidth Selection ; Sandwich Estimation ; Missing Data ; Logistic Regression ; Asymptotic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631744
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Non-uniformity of job-matching in a transition economy : a nonparametric analysis for the Czech Republic
Profit, Stefan; Sperlich, Stefan - 1998
explorative study aims to shed some light into the black-box of the matching technology by applying nonparametric estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009574874