Similar Search Results

Signal extraction: how (in)efficient are model-based approaches? : An empirical study based on TRAMO/SEATS and census X-12-ARIMA

Wildi, Marc (contributor); Schips, Bernd (contributor) - 2004

Estimation of signals at the current boundary of time series is an important task in many practical applications. In order to apply the symmetric filter at current time, model-based approaches typically rely on forecasts generated from a time series model in order to extend (stretch) the time...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002746137

On the relation between income inequality and happiness : do fairness perceptions matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Dreher, Axel; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2009

the World Values Survey data and a broad set of fairness measures, we find strong support for the negative (positive … ; redistribution ; political ideology ; justice ; fairness ; World Values Survey …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919894

On the estimation stability of efficiency and economies of scale in microfinance institutions

Bolli, Thomas; Anh Vo Thi - 2012

This paper uses a panel data set of microfinance institutions (MFI) across the world to compare several identification …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009425551

The golden hello and political transitions

Aidt, Toke; Albornoz, Facundo; Gassebner, Martin - 2012

We analyze the influence of IMF and World Bank programs on political regime transitions. We develop an extended version … have taken place. We test this unexplored implication of the theory empirically. We find in a world sample from 1970 to … transitions ; democracy ; autocracy ; IMF ; World Bank …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629705

The global production frontier of universities

Bolliger, Thomas - 2011

This paper provides first micro-level evidence of the global university production frontier, allowing to estimate technical efficiencies of 273 top research universities across 29 countries between 2007 and 2009. Exploiting comparable international data improves the estimation of the production...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008906651

Explaining IMF lending decisions after the Cold War

Moser, Christoph; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2011

arrangement with the IMF and the determinants of the financial size of such a program. Arguably the world and the global financial …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009270467

Does export concentration cause volatility?

Busch, Christian J. - 2011

This paper investigates the causal influence of export concentration on measures of aggregate volatility. Geographically disadvantaged countries often have a concentrated export structure which makes them more vulnerable to external shocks. Identifying causal effects of export concentration on...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009406700

No country for old men : aging dictators and economic growth

Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Mierau, Jochen O. - 2011 - Draft: 7 October, 2011

This paper develops a model of the relationship between the age of a dictator and economic growth. In the model a dictator must spread the resources of the economy over his reign but faces mortality and political risk. The model shows that if the time horizon of the dictator decreases, either...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315534

Factors leading to inflation targeting : the impact of adoption

Samarina, Anna; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2013

This paper examines how the analysis of inflation targeting (IT) adoption is affected by allowing for a structural change after adoption, using panel probit models for 60 countries over the period 1985-2008. Our findings suggest that there is a structural change after IT adoption. Including the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010207217

Politics and IMF conditionality

Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - 2013 - This version: June 2013

Bailouts sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are famous for their conditionality: in return for continued installments of desperately needed loans, governments must comply with austere policy changes. Many have suggested, however, that politically important countries face rather...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757253