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probability of a crisis are of the expected sign. The panel data set covers the time period 1973 through 2003 for 90 countries …
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. This paper shows how dynamic pseudo-panel methods can overcome these difficulties, allowing estimation of non-linear income … Mexico and are compared to panel data estimates from a short rotating panel. The results do find evidence of nonlinearities … in household income dynamics and demonstrate large bias in the panel data estimates. Nevertheless, even after allowing …
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"The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the factory gate to the ship in 126 countries. They estimate a modified gravity equation, controlling for endogeneity and remoteness. On...
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"The authors analyze the relationship between international trade and the quality of economic institutions such as contract enforcement, rule of law, or property rights. The literature on institutions has argued, both empirically and theoretically, that larger firms care less about good...
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-country and panel regressions, this paper finds an extremely robust negative partial correlation between secondary school …
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that this effect can be offset by having a large level of human capital. They test their model using panel data for the …
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"Lopez-de-Silanes examines the theoretical and empirical literature pertaining to securities laws and their enforcement by regulators and courts to establish what is known and what is yet unclear. Recent empirical research in the field has established that law matters. Mandatory disclosure...
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-sectional data. Because panel data of individuals are seldom available in developing countries, it is difficult to study individual … recovered from pseudo panels approximate reasonably well those estimated directly from a true panel. Moreover, implications of … the model, in this case pseudo-panel measures of vulnerability to poverty, reflect closely those based on actual panel …
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panel data models with country-specific fixed effects. The empirical results show that the most robust growth determinants …
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training. They use a panel of large firms with unusually detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of …
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