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This paper proposes a Bayesian estimation framework for panel-data sets with binary dependent variables where a large …
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In this paper, we propose a novel approach to the study of international trade that leads to a measure of country openness that is quite different from the various alternatives proposed by the received literature. In contrast to these, our measure does not use indicators of aggregate trade...
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to estimate utility losses caused by terrorist activities in France, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Terrorism in …
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Credit, Ireland's Back to Work Allowance and her Family Income Supplement, as well as Canada's Child Tax Benefit and her Self …
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Ireland, as debate grows around the prospect of a united Ireland inside the EU. UK politics is in turmoil and in a chronic …
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This paper proposes a new panel data structural gravity approach for estimating the trade and welfare effects of Brexit …
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drop-out mechanisms (panel attrition, non-employment) and "initial conditions" (base-year low pay status). This model, and … variants that ignore one or more of these selection mechanisms, are fitted to data for men from the British Household Panel …
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Quantifying factors giving rise to temporal variation in forest fires is important for advancing scientific … understanding and improving fire prevention. We demonstrate that eighty percent of the large year-to-year variation in forest area … first unified treatment of climatic factors and human activities that affect forest area burned. …
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In the expected-utility theory of the monetary value of a statistical life, the so-called dead-anyway effect discovered by Pratt and Zeckhauser (1996) asserts that an individuals' willingness to pay (WTP) for small reductions in mortality risk increases with the initial level of risk. Their...
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