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On the "utilization controversy": A rejoinder and some comments
Nikiforos, Michalis - 2019
The critique by Gahn and González (2019) of the conclusions in Nikiforos (2016) regarding what data should be used to evaluate whether capacity utilization is endogenous to demand is weak for the following reasons: (i) The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) measure of utilization is not appropriate...
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Covid-19 outbreak and beyond: The information content of registered short-time workers for GDP now- and forecasting
Kaufmann, Sylvia - 2020
The number of employees historically filed and registered from January to April 2020 for short-time compensation is used to obtain a nowcast for GDP growth in the first quarter and an outlook until the third quarter 2021. We purge the monthly log level series from the systematic component to...
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Covid-19 outbreak and beyond: Retrospect on the information content of registered short-time workers for GDP now- and forecasting
Kaufmann, Sylvia - 2022
We document whether a simple, univariate model for quarterly GDP growth is able to deliver forecasts in a crisis period like the Covid-19 pandemic, which may serve cross-checking forecasts obtained from elaborate and expert models used by forecasting institutions. We include shocks to the log...
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Covid-19 outbreak and beyond: Retrospect on the information content of registered short-time workers for GDP now- and forecasting
Kaufmann, Sylvia - 2022
We document whether a simple, univariate model for quarterly GDP growth is able to deliver forecasts of yearly GDP growth in a crisis period like the Covid19 pandemic, which may serve cross-checking forecasts obtained from elaborate and expert models used by forecasting institutions. We include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014374278
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Testing for Stationarity in Panel Data when Errors are Serially Correlated. Finite-Sample Results
Jönsson, Kristian - 2005
In this paper, we study the small sample properties of the panel data stationarity test of Hadri (2000). We find that … the previously suggested moments, that are to be used when standardizing the panel data stationarity test, cause size … standardizing moments that are to be used in a panel data stationarity test when samples are small and serial correlation in the …
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A conversation with 590 nascent entrepreneurs
Campbell, Jeffrey R.; De Nardi, Mariacristina - 2007
This paper summarizes interviews from 1998 with 590 individuals trying to create a business centered around five questions: 'Who are you?', 'What are you trying to accomplish?', 'What have you and others put into the business?', 'What have you accomplished?', 'What remains to be done?' There is...
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Family-related employment interruptions and self-employment of women: Does policy matter?
Suprinovič, Olga; Schneck, Stefan; Kay, Rosemarie - 2015
This paper analyzes how statutory entitlements to maternity or parental leave affect female entry into self-employment after childbirth. For our estimations we use comprehensive panel data for German adults born between 1944 and 1989. We find that utilization of statutory parental leave...
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Zum Einfluss des Geschlechts des Übergebers auf die Wahl des familieninternen Nachfolgers: Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse in deutschen Familienunternehmen
Schlömer-Laufen, Nadine; Kay, Rosemarie - 2013
Die vorliegende Studie untersucht die Determinanten der Entscheidung, einen Sohn oder eine Tochter zum familieninternen Nachfolger zu bestimmen. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf dem Geschlecht des Übergebers. Nationale wie internationale Forschungsarbeiten deuten darauf hin, dass...
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The gendering of entrepreneurship context
Welter, Friederike; Brush, Candida; De Bruin, Anne - 2014
The paper builds on the understanding of context as suggested by Welter (2011) who introduced different dimensions of context along a continuum of where entrepreneurship takes place and when this happens. Where context has been studied in relation to gender and women, the focus has been on the...
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"It takes three to tango": Brain, cognition and entrepreneurial enhancement
Pérez-Centeno, Víctor - 2017
In the global clash for unveiling the 'innermost secrets' of the brain, the field of neuroscience is the most fitting contender. Neuroscience is not quite ready to win the war for now, but it is assuredly equipped to win some battles. Notwithstanding that entrepreneurship is fundamentally a...
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