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Minding Your Ps and Qs : Going from Micro to Macro in Measuring Prices and Quantities
Ehrlich, Gabriel - 2019
Key macro indicators such as output, productivity, and inflation are based on a complex system across multiple statistical agencies using different samples and different levels of aggregation. The Census Bureau collects nominal sales, the Bureau of Labor Statistics collects prices, and the...
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A La Recherche Des Moments Perdus : Covariance Models for Unbalanced Panels with Endogenous Death
Abowd, John M.; Crepon, Bruno; Kramarz, Francis; … - 2021
We develop a model for decomposing the covariance structure of panel data on firms into a part due to permanent heterogeneity, a part due to differential histories with unknown ages, and a part due to the evolution of economic shocks to the firm. Our model allows for the endogenous death of...
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Production, Sales, and the Change in Inventories : an Identity that Doesn't Add Up
Miron, Jeffrey A.; Zeldes, Stephen P. - 2021
We examine two measures of monthly manufacturing production. The first is the index of industrial production; the second is constructed from the accounting identity that output equals sales plus the change in inventories. We show that the means, variances, and serial correlation coefficients of...
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Smokers’ Rational Lexicographic Preferences for Cigarette Package Warnings : A Discrete Choice Experiment with Eye Tracking
Harris, Jeffrey E. - 2018
We asked 97 cigarette smokers to make a series of 12 binary choices between experimental cigarette packages with varying warnings and background colors. Each smoker had to decide which of the two packages contained cigarettes less risky for his health. We tested whether the smokers, confronted...
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Sovereign Default, Debt Restructuring, and Recovery Rates : Was the Argentinean “Haircut” Excessive?
Edwards, Sebastian - 2015
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Greece. The results suggest that the haircut imposed by Argentina in its 2005 restructuring (75 …
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Shelter from the Storm : Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums
Galiani, Sebastian - 2015
Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the impact of a housing project run by the NGO TECHO which provides …
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Tax Audits as Scarecrows : Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
Bergolo, Marcelo - 2017
large-scale field experiment in collaboration with Uruguay's tax authority to address this question. We sent letters to 20 …
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Distance and Political Boundaries : Estimating Border Effects Under Inequality Constraints
Borraz, Fernando - 2012
selection bias, and propose a new methodology based on quantile regressions. Using a novel data set from Uruguay, we apply our …
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Tobacco Control Campaign in Uruguay : Impact on Smoking Cessation During Pregnancy
Harris, Jeffrey E. - 2014
Background. In 2005, Uruguay instituted a nationwide tobacco control campaign that has resulted in a substantial … Uruguay during 2007-2012, supplemented by data on cigarette prices and various governmental policies.Methods. We estimated … birth weight by an estimated 163 grams.Conclusion. Uruguay's nationwide tobacco control campaign led to a substantial …
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Modeling Exchange-Rate Passthrough after Large Devaluations
Burstein, Ariel T.; Eichenbaum, Martin; Rebelo, Sergio T. - 2021
Large devaluations are generally associated with large declines in real exchange rates. We develop a model which embodies two complementary forces that account for the large declines in the real exchange rate that occur in the aftermath of large devaluations. The first force is sticky...
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