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asset markets and indivisible labor supply. Imperfect aggregation manifests itself through preference shocks in the …
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This paper presents a new framework for human capital measurement. The generalized framework can (i) substantially amplify the role of human capital in accounting for cross-country income differences and (ii) reconcile the existing conflict between regression and accounting evidence in assessing...
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how network structure influences information aggregation. We develop a model of semi-Bayesian learning on networks, which …
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us to estimate models with recursive preferences, latent state variables, and time-aggregated data. Time-aggregation … makes the decision interval of the agent an important parameter to estimate. We find that time-aggregation can significantly … affect parameter estimates and statistical inference. Imposing the pricing restrictions and explicitly accounting for time-aggregation …
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We study the information aggregation properties of unanimous voting rules in the laboratory. In line with theoretical …
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This paper explores the relationship between aggregate land rents and aggregate transport costs for land markets in which locations differ solely in terms of accessibility. That there exists a relationship between land rents and transport costs has been recognized at least since the time of von...
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Despite the clear success of forecast combination in many economic environments, several important issues remain incompletely resolved. The issues relate to selection of the set of forecasts to combine, and whether some form of additional regularization (e.g., shrinkage) is desirable. Against...
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This paper discusses two simple decompositions for aggregate productivity analysis in the presence of distortions and in general equilibrium. The first is a generalization of Baqaee and Farhi (2017) and the second is due to Petrin and Levinsohn (2012). In the process, we propose a new...
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This paper develops a general theory of aggregation in inefficient economies. We provide non-parametric formulas for …
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Most empirical policy work requires the aggregation of policies. Trade policy aggregation exemplifies the aggregation … problem poignantly, with thousands of highly dispersed trade barriers. This paper provides methods of policy aggregation that …-country policy modeling. An application to India shows that the standard atheoretic method of aggregation overstates India's real …
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