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This paper uses a fully nonparametric approach to estimate efficiency measures for primary care units incorporating the effect of (exogenous) environmental factors. This methodology allows us to account for different types of variables (continuous and discrete) describing the main...
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We develop hypothetical policy scenarios in this part of the paper which are simulated using a product-by-industry economic-ecological model to investigate their impacts on water and other ecological commodities. Results are expected to contribute to the establishment of alternative policy...
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vectorautoregressive model thus allows (i) to account for heterogeneity in dynamic panel data sets, (ii) to nevertheless exploit the panel …
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This is a discussion of Ratfai (2007), presented at the 2007 Macroeconomics Workshop of the Rimini Center for Economic Analysis on "The Macroeconomics of Price Setting," May 10-11, 2007, University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy.
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model miss substantial heterogeneity. Within the low education subsample, a son (girl) attains about 0.80 (0.60) years of …
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find that macroeconomic stability strongly depends on such heterogeneity including monetary policy, and that it is easier …
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airlines as a repeated static game, where we allow for a very general form of heterogeneity. We consider a menu of three …
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. We consider institutional heterogeneity to be an explanation for the mixed results of previous empirical studies and we … 1984-2009. The use of Panel Smooth Transition Regression (PSTR) allows us to identify both the heterogeneity and the …
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In this study, I analyze the characteristics of trading firms in the Spanish service sector. I reveal that half of the service firms in Spain operate only in their local markets, whereas one-third of the examined service firms trade with non-local areas of Spain, and fewer than 20% of Spanish...
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In this study, we discuss a connection between heterogeneity of agents and indeterminacy of equilibria in a standard … monetary policy or preferences of a single agent, we emphasize the role of heterogeneity of agents in indeterminacy. …
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