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Microeconomic evidence reveals that the incidence and duration of unemployment in the 1930s varied significantly within … the labor force. Long-term unemployment, which was especially high by historical standards, may have been exacerbated by …
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inferred using only cross-sectional data. Panel or longitudinal data where the same units are observed repeatedly at different … units who respond in initial waves of the panel may drop out in subsequent waves, so that the subsample with complete data … for all waves of the panel can be less representative of the population than the original sample. Sometimes, in the hope …
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panel data to estimate the textbook 'expectations augmented' Phillips curve with a market-based and observable measure of …
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panel data. We construct point predictors using Tweedie's formula for the posterior mean of heterogeneous coefficients under … Carlo study. In an empirical application we use the predictor to forecast revenues for a large panel of bank holding …
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dispersion should also have increased. The relevant data for the US is problematic, so we utilize a UK panel dataset covering the …
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This paper introduces dynamics in the R&D-to-innovation and innovation-to-productivity relationships, which have mostly been estimated on cross-sectional data. It considers four nonlinear dynamic simultaneous equations models that include individual effects and idiosyncratic errors correlated...
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This paper defines and analyzes a "sparse max" operator, which is a less than fully attentive and rational version of the traditional max operator. The agent builds (as economists do) a simplified model of the world which is sparse, considering only the variables of first-order importance. His...
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A number of market failures have been associated with R&D investments and significant amounts of public money have been spent on programs to stimulate innovative activities. In this paper, we review some recent microeconomic studies evaluating effects of government sponsored commercial R&D. We...
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explain the dynamic behavior of wages, employment and unemployment. The approach is hopelessly empirical, and the emphasis … unemployment (or employment),(2) the absence of persistence in the change in the real wage rate, and (3) the continued existence of … a negative correlation between nominal price changes and unemployment rates.The microeconomic (longitudinal) data turn …
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Since its launch in 2009 much has been written about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchains. While the discussions initially took place mostly on blogs and other popular media, we now are witnessing the emergence of a growing body of rigorous academic research on these topics. By the nature...
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