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The connexion between old and new approaches to financial satisfaction
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2006 - Rev.
-approach yieldsadditional insights, but it is not well applicable to other life domains thanfinance. It is argued that the usual Probit … specification implies a specificcardinalization and, consequently, is less ordinal than usually thought. It isshown that the Probit …
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Decomposing the gender wage gap in the Netherlands with sample selection adjustments
Albrecht, James W.; Vuuren, Aico van; Vroman, Susan B. - 2004
In this paper, we use quantile regression decomposition methods to analyzethe gender gap between men and women who work full time in the Nether-lands. Because the fraction of women working full time in the Netherlands isquite low, sample selection is a serious issue. In addition to shedding...
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The attractiveness of temporary employment to reduce adjustment costs
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - 2005
In this paper I determine the importance of adjustment costs in employers' hiring decisions. Temporary work arrangements offer potential ways to avoid adjustment costs. I estimate employers willingness to pay for the characteristics of these work arrangements. I distinguish regular contracts,...
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Measuring the economic value of a marine protection program against the introduction of non-indigenous species in the Netherlands
Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. van den - 2002
Harmful algal bIoom species are the cause of important damages to marine living resources and human beings. These marine species are primarily introduced in North-European waters through ballast water, i.e. water trans-ported across the oceans so as to keep a vessel in balance. Port authorities...
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A statistical explanation of the Dunning-Kruger effect
Magnus, Jan R.; Peresetsky, Anatoly A. - 2021
it is derived as a statistical artefact. This is achieved by specifying a simple statistical model which explicitly takes … the (random) boundary constraints into account. This model fits the data perfectly. …
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Housing supply and land use regulation in the Netherlands
Vermeulen, Wouter; Rouwendal, Jan - 2007 - Version July 2007
In spite of a growing recognition of the importance of supply conditions for the level and volatility of house prices, empirical work on housing supply outside the US is scarce. This paper considers various measures of housing supply in the Netherlands, where real house prices have roughly...
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Horizontal multinational firms, vertical multinational firms and domestic investment
Namini, Julian Emami; Pennings, Enrico - 2009
We build a dynamic general equilibrium model with 2 countries, horizontal and vertical multinational activity and …
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Solving the discrete-time stochastic Ramsey model
Elbers, Chris - 2009
This note describes methods for solving deterministic and stochastic versions of the discrete-time Ramsey model of …
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The impact of uncertainty on investment : a meta-analysis
Koetse, Mark J.; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Florax, Raymond … - 2006
an ordered probit model on a categorical estimate, defined in terms of the direction of the effect. The estimates are … correctness of model specifications in primary studies, our results give clear directions for model building in empirical … investment research. For example, not including factor prices in investment models may seriously affect the model outco! mes …
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The interest rate and capital durability, and the importance of methodological pluralism
Arkel, Roder van; Vermeylen, Koen - 2013
Champions of sustainable growth often call for more durable production technologies with less capital depreciation. As investment in more durable capital is encouraged by lower interest rates, we investigate whether policy makers can steer the economy towards a path with low interest rates in...
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