The econometric literature offers various modeling approaches for analyzing micro data in combination with time series of aggregate data. This paper discusses the estimation of a VAR model that allows unobserved heterogeneity across observation unit, as well as unobserved time-specific...

Dynamiczna analiza finansowa stala sie narzedziem niezastapionym i wszechstronnie wykorzystywanym w zakladach ubezpieczen. Proces dynamicznej analizy finansowej nie jest przypadkowy, obejmuje generator scenariusza stochastycznego, wejscia i wyjscia. Integruje roznorodne modele i techniki z...

We examine the estimation problem for shape-restricted functions that are continuous, non-negative, monotone non-decreasing, and strictly concave. A sieve estimator based on bivariate Bernstein polynomials is proposed. This estimator is drawn from a sieve, a set of shape-restricted Bernstein...

What determines how trade in a commodity is divided between privately negotiated transactions via "middle men" (dealer/brokers) in a telephone or "dealer market" versus transactions via "market makers" (specialists) at publicly observable bid/ask prices? To address this question, we extend...