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eliminating) the observed home bias …
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individuals can exhibit both primacy bias towards the first option and recency bias towards the last option. We examine this …; however, there is also some recency bias, with the last paper listed receiving more views, downloads and cites. The results …
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; meanwhile private sector forecasters were not subject to this crude bias. As a result, using private sector forecasts as an …
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that have sufficient information to correct for this bias. For the housing market studies, the estimated effect of …
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Research which explores unchartered waters has a high potential for major impact but also carries a higher uncertainty of having impact. Such explorative research is often described as taking a novel approach. This study examines the complex relationship between pursuing a novel approach and...
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This article summarizes our views on the role of an "aggregation bias" in explaining the PPP Puzzle, in response to the … counter-examples which are not empirically relevant; (ii) simulation results minimizing the extent of "aggregation bias"; (iii …) unfounded claims on the impact of measurement errors on our results; and (iv) problematic implementation of small-sample bias …
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aggregation bias'. This paper re-examines aggregation bias. First, it clarifies the meaning of aggregation bias and its … applicability to the PPP puzzle. Second, the size of the bias' is shown to be much smaller than the simulations in Imbs et. al …. Finally, it is now standard to recognize that small-sample bias plagues estimates of speeds of convergence of PPP. After …
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') bias in the estimates and, after due account is taken of this bias, we find that differences due to estimation method are …
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We contribute to the debate on the macroeconomic effects of fiscal stimuli by showing that the impact of government expenditure shocks depends crucially on key country characteristics, such as the level of development, exchange rate regime, openness to trade, and public indebtedness. Based on a...
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We examine the cross-country dispersion in fiscal outcomes during 2007-2009. In principle, international differences in fiscal policy may be related to differences in optimal fiscal positions, funding constraints, political economy factors and fiscal control problems. We find that the decline in...
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