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The Bias of the Gini Coefficient due to Grouping

Ourti, Tom Van; Clarke, Philip - 2008

We propose a first order bias correction term for the Gini index to reduce the bias due to grouping. The first order … reveals an intuitive formula for the remaining second order bias which is useful in empirical analyses. We analyze the … it reduces a considerable share of the bias due to grouping. …

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The Bias of the Gini Coefficient Due to Grouping : Revisiting First-Order Corrections

Van Ourti, Tom - 2008

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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions

Portela, Miguel; Alessie, Rob; Teulings, Coen N. - 2004

the measurement error. The standard attenuation bias suggests that using these corrected data would lead to a higher …

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The Implementation of Marginal External Cost Pricing in Road Transport

Verhoef, Erik T. - 1998

This paper discusses a number of issues that will become increasingly important nowthat the concept of marginal external cost pricing becomes more likely to be implementedas a policy strategy in transport in reality. The first part of the paper deals with thelong-run efficiency of marginal...

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Second-Best Congestion Pricing in General Static Transportation Networks with Elastic Demand

Verhoef, Erik T. - 1998

This paper studies the second-best problem where not all links of acongested transportation network can be tolled. The second-best taxrule for this problem is derived for general static networks, so thatthe solution presented is valid for any graph of the network, and forany set of tolling...

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Traffic Congestion and Congestion Pricing

Lindsey, C. Robin; Verhoef, Erik T. - 2000

For several decades growth of traffic volumes has outstrippedinvestments inroad infrastructure. The result has been a relentless increase intrafficcongestion. This paper reviews the economic principles behindcongestionpricing in static and dynamic settings, which derive from thebenefits...

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Profit Shifting and Productivity Mismeasurement

Bartelsman, Eric J.; Beetsma, Roel - 2000

This note identifies profit shifting in response to cross-countrydifferences in corporate tax rates as a source of productivitymismeasurement. To quantify the magnitude of mismeasurement, theprofit-shifting effect is isolated from other possible effects ofcorporatetax rates changes on real...

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Second-Best Congestion Pricing in General Networks - Algorithms for Finding Second-Best Optimal Toll Levels and Toll Points

Verhoef, Erik T. - 2000

This paper considers the second-best problem where not all links of a congested transportation networkcan be tolled. The paper builds on earlier work, in which the second-best tax rule for this problem wasderived for general static networks, so that the solution presented is valid for any graph...

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On a Simple Survey Measure of Individual Risk Aversion

Hartog, Joop; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Jonker, Nicole - 2000

We ask individuals for their reservation price of a specified lotteryand deduce their Arrow-Pratt measure of risk aversion.This allows direct testing of common hypotheses on risk attitudes inthree datasets. We find that risk aversion indeed fallswith income and wealth. Entrepreneurs are less...

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An Empirical Measure for Labor Market Density

Gautier, Pieter A.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2000

In this paper we derive a structural measure for labor market density based on the Ellison and Glasear (1997) Index for industry concentration. This labor market density measure serves as a proxy for the number of workers that can reach a certain work area within a reasonal amount of traveling...

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