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A causal interpretation of extensive and intensive margin effects in generalized tobit models
Staub, Kevin E. - 2010
diametrically opposed results, as shown in a standard Tobit model example. In a generalized Tobit application exploring the effect …
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India in the Global and Regional Trade: Determinants of Aggregate and Bilateral Trade Flows and Firms' Decision to Export
Srinivasan, T. N.; Archana, Vani - 2009
Trade Agreements (PTAs). Our focus is on applying the gravity model to analyze India's trade flows (exports and imports …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011807638
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Is there a Credit Channel in Austria? The Impact of Monetary Policy on Firms' Investment Decisions
Wesche, Katrin - 2000
Though most economists agree that monetary policy has significant effects on the real sector in the short run, interest-rate elasticities of macroeconomic aggregates in general are found to be low. Recently, the credit channel has been discussed as an additional channel through which monetary...
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The Bank, the States, and the Market: An Austro-Hungarian Tale for Euroland, 1867-1914
Flandreau, Marc - 2001
In 1867, the "Compromise" between Austria and Hungary laid the foundation of a single currency system with a common central bank. As in today's euroland, each part of the monarchy remained sovereign in fiscal matters. Moreover, the borrowing needs of both parts of the monarchy were quite large,...
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Credit Channel and Investment Behavior in Austria: A Micro-Econometric Approach
Valderrama, Maria Teresa - 2002
Using individual firm data, this study analyzes the credit channel in Austria. The estimation is based on an accelerator specification of investment demand augmented by the liquidity ratio and a firm specific user cost of capital. The results show that there is a credit channel in Austria...
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Alternate construction technologies for mass housing: Challenges to adoption in India
Kahre, Ayush; Roy, Debarpita; Nanda, Triveni Prasad - 2022
Rapid urbanisation and economic growth will increase the demand for adequate housing in Indian cities. Mass housing projects can help cater to this need. However, building mass housing using conventional technology is slow, lacks quality and is detrimental for the environment. In contrast, more...
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Fertility transitions along the extensive and intensive margins
Aaronson, Daniel; Lange, Fabian; Mazumder, Bhashkar - 2011
This paper examines the fertility transition through a new lens: the extensive margin. Parents with high levels of children might substitute quality for quantity as the constraints on quality relax or those on quantity tighten. However, along the extensive margin, the quantity-quality trade-off...
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Working with children? The probability of mothers exiting the workforce at time of birth
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Pitts, M. Melinda; Walker, Mary Beth - 2008
Recent trends in the labor force participation of women have brought much public attention to the issue of women opting out. This paper explores the decision of working women to exit the labor market at a time of major transition - the birth of a child - utilizing linked vital statistics,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292285
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How to Adjust for Nonignorable Nonresponse: Calibration, Heckit or FIML?
Johansson, Fredrik - 2007
When a survey response mechanism depends on the variable of interest measured within the same survey and observed for only part of the sample, the situation is one of nonignorable nonresponse. Ignoring the nonresponse is likely to generate significant bias in the estimates. To solve this, one...
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Hidden Markov models in time series, with applications in economics
Kaufmann, Sylvia - 2016
and posterior parameter inference under either a logit or probit functional form of the state transition distribution … to different persistent states characterizing the state-specific time series process. Model specification is discussed in … time series process. Model estimation proceeds by data augmentation. We derive the basic forward-filtering backward …
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