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Mistaking noise for bias : victimhood and Hutu-Tutsi reconciliation in East Africa
Blouin, Arthur; Mukand, Sharun W. - 2022
intent of individuals (bias). This "victimhood bias" wherein individuals ascribe noise to bias is much larger for (a … observe that both inter-ethnic contact and economic development are associated with a decline in this victimhood bias. Finally …, those with a lower victimhood bias are more likely to behave cooperatively in inter-ethnic rela-tionships. Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285857
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Streaming platform and strategic recommendation bias
Bourreau, Marc; Gaudin, Germain - 2018
We consider a streaming platform which carries content from various upstream content providers. Participating customers face personalized recommendations from the platform and consume a mix of content originating from each provider. We analyze when the platform uses its personalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011941246
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Implicit preferences inferred from choice
Cunningham, Tom; De Quidt, Jonathan - 2016 - Preliminary draft
A longstanding distinction in psychology is between implicit and explicit preferences. Implicit preferences are ordinarily measured by observing non-choice data, such as response time. In this paper we introduce a method for inferring implicit preferences directly from choices. The necessary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415271
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Impulse response matching estimators for DSGE models
Guerrón-Quintana, Pablo A.; Inoue, Atsushi; Kilian, Lutz - 2016
its asymptotic distribution, and we show how this distribution can be approximated by bootstrap methods. Our analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418016
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Joint confidence sets for structural impulse responses
Inoue, Atsushi; Kilian, Lutz - 2016
bootstrap, allowing the construction of asymptotically valid joint confidence sets for any subset of structural impulse …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421682
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Panel regression with random noise
Ronning, Gerd; Schneeweiß, Hans - 2009
fixed effects estimator, which ignores measurement errors, is biased. By correcting for the bias one can construct …. -- Panel regression ; multiplicative measurement errors ; bias correction ; asymptotic variance ; disclosure control …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003824983
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Beyond the Balassa-Samuelson effect in some new member states of the European Union
García-Solanes, José (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003462124
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Political polarization and the electoral effects of media bias
Bernhardt, Dan (contributor); Krasa, Stefan (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377072
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"True believers" or numerical terrorism at the nuclear power plant
Kraemer, Walter; Arminger, Gerhard - 2010
For decades, there has been a heated debate about whether or not nuclear power plants contribute to childhood cancer in their respective neighbourhoods, with statisticians testifying on both sides. The present paper points to some flaws in the pro-arguments, taking a recent study prepared for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697105
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Benefit-cost analysis of environmental projects : a plethora of systematic biases
Graves, Philip E. - 2010
based on proper science. The present paper explores sources of bias in the methods used to evaluate environmental policy in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003997569