The aim of this work is to present a Matlab implementation of different methods for estimating the term structure of interest rate. More precisely, we implement the exponential functional form of Nelson-Siegel and polynomial spline methods (with or without penalty term), considering both coupon...

In this paper we provide evidence for the impact of public funding on enrolment of students in college. We use a panel for European countries and apply instrumental variables techniques to find that public funding for schooling - regardless at what level - does increase college enrolment alike...