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The dynamics of finance-growth-inequality nexus : theory and evidence for India
Pranab Kumar Das; Ganguli, Bhaswati; Marjit, Sugata; … - 2018
The purpose of this research study has been to expand our understanding of the finance-growth "nexus" to finance-growth-inequality "nexus" in the presence of both the formal and the informal sources of borrowing. Using empirical evidence of IHDS Survey data for two rounds the study attempts to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952114
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School choice and loss aversion
Meisner, Vincent; Wangenheim, Jonas von - 2021
Evidence suggests that participants in direct student-proposing deferred-acceptance mechanisms (DA) play dominated strategies. To explain the data, we introduce expectation-based loss aversion into a school-choice setting and characterize choice-acclimating personal equilibria in DA. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698801
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The effect of preferential admissions on the college participation of disadvantaged students : the role of pre-college choices
Tincani, Michela M.; Kosse, Fabian; Miglino, Enrico - 2022
Exploiting the randomized expansion of preferential college admissions in Chile, we show they increased admission and enrollment of disadvantaged students by 32%. But the intended beneficiaries were nearly three times as many, and of higher average ability, than those induced to be admitted. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013417638
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Margins of international banking : is there a productivity Pecking order in banking, too?
Buch, Claudia M.; Koch, Cathérine Tahmee; Kötter, Michael - 2009
probit. Four main findings emerge. First, similar to results for non-financial firms, a productivity pecking order drives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923511
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Spatial concentration of military dictatorships in Sub-Saharan Africa (1977 - 2007)
Caruso, Raul; Petrarca, Ilaria; Ricciuti, Roberto - 2014
-Saharan Africa from 1977 through 2007. We apply a Bayesian SAR probit regression, extended to a pooled model. We find a robust and …
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Bayesian estimation of multivariate panel probits with higher-order network interdependence and an application to firms' global market participation in Guangdong
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2022
This paper proposes a Bayesian estimation framework for panel-data sets with binary dependent variables where a large … micro-, meso-, and macroeconomic levels. The paper outlines the estimation approach, illustrates its suitability by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817934
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Housing environmental risk in urban areas : cross country comparison and policy implications
Chiarini, Bruno; D'Agostino, Antonella; Marzano, Elisabetta - 2017
The main aim of this paper is to assess whether there is a statistically significant environmental impact of cities within European countries. Second, starting from the estimated environmental impact of cities within European countries, the paper investigates whether cross-country variation can...
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Contagious exporting and foreign ownership : evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model
Baltagi, Badi H.; Egger, Peter; Kesina, Michaela - 2018
. These findings are established through the estimation of a spatial bivariate probit model. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822884
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State dependence in welfare receipt : transitions before and after a reform
Riphahn, Regina T.; Wunder, Christoph - 2013
. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we apply dynamic multinomial logit estimators and find that state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010211461
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Re-examining the decline in the US saving rate : the impact of mortgage equity withdrawal
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Costantini, Mauro; Paradiso, … - 2012
In this paper we examine the role of mortgage equity withdrawal in explaining the decline of the US saving rate, since … when house prices rise and mortgage rates are low, homeowners have an incentive to withdraw housing equity and this may … withdrawal and interest rates and find that indeed mortgage equity withdrawal is a key determinant of the observed saving pattern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571747