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Endogenous indoctrination : occupational choice, the evolution of beliefs, and the political economy of reform
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
favourable to the market economy. Two parameters that govern this capacity to learn are social entropy and heritability. Social … entropy defines how predictable one's occupation is as a function of one's beliefs. Heritability is the weight of the family …'s beliefs in the determination of the priors of a new generation. Both heritability and social entropy reduce the bias and makes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902085
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Inequality and the GB2 income distribution
Jenkins, Stephen (contributor) - 2007
The generalized entropy class of inequality indices is derived for Generalized Beta of the Second Kind (GB2) income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597779
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"The double dividend of training" : labor market effects of work-related continuous education in Switzerland
Denzler, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
market outcomes, we apply a regression-adjusted matched difference-in-differences approach with entropy balancing to account …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013414731
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The determinants of study abroad participation: a bivariate probability model with sample selection
Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2021
This study examines factors predicting participation in study abroad programs using a bivariate probit selection model where the probabilities of attending university and studying abroad are jointly estimated. Given that unobserved variables influencing these two sequential events are likely to...
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Gambling habits and probability judgements in a Bayesian task environment
Dickinson, David L.; Reid, Parker - 2023
Little is known about how gamblers estimate probabilities from multiple information sources. This paper reports on a preregistered study that administered an incentivized Bayesian choice task to n=465 participants (self-reported gamblers and non-gamblers). Our data failed to support our main...
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Navigating ambiguity : imprecise probabilities and the updating of disease risk beliefs
Kerwin, Jason; Pandey, Divya - 2023
Probabilistic risk beliefs are key drivers of economic and health decisions, but people are not always certain about their beliefs. We study these "imprecise probabilities", also known as ambiguous beliefs. We show that imprecision is measurable separately from the levels of risk beliefs. People...
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Forecasting time series subject to multiple structural breaks
Pesaran, M. Hashem (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Is entrepreneurial success predictable? : An ex-ante analysis of the character-based approach
Caliendo, Marco (contributor);  … - 2007
is slightly better than that of the questionnaire, but lower than expected in theory. Interestingly, for those subgroups …
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Predictability of asset returns and the efficient market hypothesis
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2010
This paper is concerned with empirical and theoretical basis of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). The paper begins with an overview of the statistical properties of asset returns at different frequencies (daily, weekly and monthly), and considers the evidence on return predictability, risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985756
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Survey of models on demand, customer base-line and demand response and their relationships in the power market
Heshmati, Almas - 2012
The increasing use of demand-side management as a tool to reliably meet electricity demand at peak time has stimulated interest among researchers, consumers and producer organizations, managers, regulators and policymakers, This research reviews the growing literature on models used to study...
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