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This study presents a general methodology for fitting multiple time series models to panel data. The basic statistical … panel data, and it identifies those instances in which procedures found in the time series literature cannot be directly … applied to analyze longitudinal data. Data analysis techniques in the tine series literature are adapted for panel data …
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Is shareholder interest in corporate social responsibility driven by pecuniary motives (abnormal rates of return) or non-pecuniary ones (willingness to sacrifice returns to address various firm externalities)? To answer this question, we categorize the literature into seven tests: (1) costs of...
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We study hand-collected data on firms' perceptions of their cost of capital. Firms with higher perceived cost of capital earn higher returns on invested capital and invest less, suggesting that the perceived cost of capital shapes long-run capital allocation. The perceived cost of capital is...
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This paper investigates the impact of stock markets and banks on economic growth using a panel data set for the period …
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"iron-law" rate of 2%. In the post-1960s panel, estimation without country fixed effects supports the modernization …In an 80-country panel since the 1960s, the convergence rate for per capita GDP is around 1.7% per year. This "beta … frame-34 countries with GDP data starting between 1870 and 1896-estimation with country fixed effects is more appropriate …
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economic theory in which the permanent component represents real influences, while the transitory component represents …
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In a model where a variable Y[sub t] is proportional to the present value, with constant discount rate, of expected future values of a variable y[sub t] the "spread" S[sub t]= Y[sub t] - [theta sub t] will be stationary for some [theta] whether or not y[sub t]must be differenced to induce...
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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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distributed lag relationships based on single time-series of observations have been usually rather imprecise. The promise of panel … which are, at least in part, testable, and outline appropriate estimation techniques. The first places reasonable …
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This paper examines the question of whether less-developed countries' (LDCs') experiences with foreign direct investment (FDI) systematically different from those of developed countries (DCs). We do this by examining three types of empirical FDI studies that typically do not distinguish between...
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