This paper resulted in a publication in the <I>Journal of Econometrics</I> (2014). Volume 180, pages 127-140.<P> An exact maximum likelihood method is developed for the estimation of parameters in a nonlinear non-Gaussian dynamic panel data model with unobserved random individual-specific and time-varying...</p></i>

To study the effect of the euro on international goods trade one typically estimates a panel model for the level of trade. Trade levels increase over time, and we show that this is not fully explained by the included regressors. Because the euro is only present at the end of the sample, this may...

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in <I>Econometrica</I> (2001). Volume 69, issue 6, pages 1645-1659.<P> With panel data important issues can be resolved that can not beaddressed with cross--sectional data. A major drawback is that paneldata suffer from more severe missing data problems....</p></i>

Allowing for three labor market settings (perfect competition or right-to-manage bargaining, efficient bargaining and monopsony), this paper relies on an extension of Hall's econometric framework for estimating simultaneously price-cost margins and scale economies. Using an unbalanced panel of...

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in the <I>Journal of Applied Econometrics</I>, 2013, 28(1), 1-46. 10.1002/jae.1256 Embedding the efficient bargaining model into the R. Hall (1988) approach for estimating price-cost margins shows that both imperfections in the product and labor markets...</i>

We propose a novel statistic to test the rank of a matrix. The rank statistic overcomes deficiencies of existing rank statistics, like: a Kronecker covariance matrix for the canonical correlation rank statistic of Anderson [Annals of Mathematical Statistics (1951), 22, 327–351] sensitivity to...

Most of the available monthly interest data series consist of monthlyaverages of daily observations. It is well-known that this averaging introduces spurious autocorrelation effectsin the first differences of the series. It isexactly this differenced series we are interested in when...

The topic of convergence is at the heart of a wide-ranging debate in the growth literature. Empirical studies of convergence differ widely in their theoretical backgrounds, empirical specifications and in their treatment of cross-sectional heterogeneity. Despite these differences, a rate of...

This discussion paper led to a publication in <A href="http://books.google.nl/books?hl=nl&lr=&id=rqM2GtTl9NcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA309&dq=allesintitel:+%22Integrating+Expenditure+and+Income+Data%22&ots=k7CbcJlBhn&sig=8cJoITJe8wPXfrHVXFl99x_biXQ#v=onepage&q&f=false">(D.W. Jorgenson, J.S. Landefeld, W.D. Nordhaus, eds.) 'A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts', NBER Studies in Income and Wealth</A>, vol. 66, 309-54, University of Chicago Press, 2006.<P>The purpose of this paper is to build consistent,...</p></a>