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Concave-monotone treatment response and monotone treatment selection : with an application to the returns to schooling
Okumura, Tsunao; Usui, Emiko - 2010
This paper identifies sharp bounds on the mean treatment response and average treatment effect under the assumptions of both concave monotone treatment response (concave-MTR) and monotone treatment selection (MTS). We use our bounds and the US National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975199
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Testing for nonparametric identification of causal effects in the presence of a quasi-instrument
DeLuna, Xavier; Johansson, Per-Olov - 2012
The identification of average causal effects of a treatment in observational studies is typically based either on the unconfoundedness assumption or on the availability of an instrument. When available, instruments may also be used to test for the unconfoundedness assumption (exogeneity of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009558957
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Searching for rehabilitation in nonparametric regression models with exogenous treatment assignment
Henderson, Daniel J.; Maasoumi, Esfandiar - 2012
This paper offers some new directions in the analysis of nonparamertric models with exogenous treatment assignment. The nonparametric approach opens the door to the examination of potentially different distributed outcomes. When combined with cross-validation, it also identifies potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629111
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"Buy-It-Now" or "Sell-It-Now" auctions : effects of changing bargaining power in sequential trading mechanisms
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2015
at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price … prior to the auction; whereas in the "Sell-It-Now" format, it is the buyer. Both formats are extensively used in online and … auction. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407823
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Theory and evidence on employer collusion in the franchise sector
Krueger, Alan B.; Ashenfelter, Orley - 2018
In this paper we study the role of covenants in franchise contracts that restrict the recruitment and hiring of employees from other units within the same franchise chain in suppressing competition for workers. Based on an analysis of 2016 Franchise Disclosure Documents, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881531
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How should we think about employers' associations?
Bryson, Alex; Willman, Paul - 2022
We maintain that employer associations are a specific form of employer collusion that is overt, formal and labour … this form of collusion might emerge, and how it might develop. Since the context is the decline of employers' associations … growth or decline of other forms of collusion in areas such as product and financial markets, and political influence. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342933
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Shutdown contests in multi-plant firms and governmental intervention
Kräkel, Matthias - 2010
the effects of governmental support for domestic plants on selection efficiency. -- Auction ; collective tournament …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003947945
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The impact of scoring weights on price and quality outcomes : an application to the procurement of welfare-to-work contracts
Koning, Pierre; Meerendonk, Arthur van de - 2012
This paper assesses the effects of changes in scoring weights in auctions, using a unique sample of biddings of private Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only bid on prices, but also received points for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683192
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Paintings and numbers : an econometric investigation of sales rates, prices and returns in Latin American art auctions
Campos, Nauro (contributor);  … - 2008
in predicting whether or not an artwork sells at auction, (3) there is little supporting evidence for the widespread …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688791
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How disasters affect local labor markets : the effects of hurricanes in Florida
Belasen, Ariel R. (contributor);  … - 2007
Exogenous shocks often impact a local labor market more than at the national level. This study improves upon the standard Difference in Difference (DD) approach by examining exogenous shocks using a Generalized Difference in Difference (GDD) econometric approach that identifies the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003635285