In this article, we use hedonic models to estimate house prices. We first consider a linear regression model with spatial autocorrelation. To use this parametric approach, we have to specify a priori a functional form and a weight matrix. We thus present a semiparametric approach.

This paper examines the causality relationship between immigration, Unemployment and economic growth of the host country. We employ the panel Granger causality testing approach of Kónya (2006) that is based on SUR systems and Wald tests with country specific bootstrap critical values. This...

This paper investigates the causality between prices and index-based trading activity for twelve grain, livestock, and other soft commodity futures markets. We use panel Granger causality estimations based on SUR systems and Wald tests with market-specific bootstrap critical values. This...