The paper studies a generic bilateral trade model with relationship-specific investments. Only the seller invests, and subsequent trade becomes inefficient if his investments are too low. We show that the seller may defect strategically under a fixed-price contract even though he attains any...

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...

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...