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Parameter estimates comparison of earnings functions in the PSID and CPS data, 1976–2007

Gouskova, Elena - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 2, pp. 353-357

Comparing earnings equations in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) and the Current Population Survey, we find that the PSID considerably underestimates the returns to education during the 1992–2007 period. Non-random selection in the PSID sample appears to be the reason.

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ISO 14001 and the Reduction of Toxic Emissions

Szymanski, Michal; Tiwari, Piyush - In: Journal of Economic Policy Reform 7 (2004) 1, pp. 31-42

ISO 14001 is an international standard for Environmental Management Systems, adopted by over 36,000 organizations worldwide. This paper attempts to determine the length of time after which a given company has implemented ISO 14001 experiences emission reduction. The sample used is a group of 264...

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A propos de la capacité à survivre des coopératives : une étude de la relation entre âge et mortalité des organisations coopératives agricoles françaises

Rousselière, Damien; Joly, Iragaël - In: Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies - … 92 (2011) 3, pp. 259-289

(article en français) Numerous works in industrial organization and ecology of organizations have raised recently the question of the link between age and mortality of an organization. The paper tests four theoretical propositions about this link. We compare the survival of the French...

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Female entrepreneurs in trouble: do their bad loans last longer?

Marcucci, Juri; Mistrulli, Paolo Emilio - Banca d'Italia - 2013

We investigate the duration of bad loans for a unique data set of sole proprietorships in Italy, finding that bad loans for female firms last longer. However, this result is mainly due to the fact that loans granted to female firms are less frequently written off than those to male ones,...

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Forecasting Bankruptcy with Incomplete Information

Xu, Xin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

We propose new specifications that explicitly account for information noise in the input data of bankruptcy hazard … models. The specifications are motivated by a theory of modeling credit risk with incomplete information (Duffie and Lando … in cases where information quality is a more serious problem. Our findings provide strong empirical support for using our …

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The Survival of Nonprofits in the United States

Henson, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The ability of publicly available tax information to determine the survival of nonprofit organizations is analyzed …. Survival analysis estimates the predictive power and hazard ratios of several financial variables. The tax information comes …

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İşletme Kuluçkalarında Sunulan Destek Hizmetlerinin Yeni Kurulan Firmaların Hayatta Kalabilirliği Üzerine Etkisi: İş Geliştirme Merkezleri (İŞGEM) Örneği

Murat, Karaoz; Murat Ali, Dulupcu; Mesut, Albeni; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

Business incubators are mechanisms which aim to formation and development of new ventures and to survive of these ventures through various supportive services. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of business incubator programs and its services on tenant firm performance in the...

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Developing Countries Exports Survival in the OECD: Does Experience Matter?

Carrère, Céline; Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

This paper focuses on developing countries that export for the first time to the OECD and obtains several important results on export dynamic, linking exports experience and exports survival. Using product level data at the SITC 5 digit level for 114 developing countries on the 1962-2009 period,...

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The Survival of Tuscan Firms

Randelli, Filippo; Ricchiuti, Giorgio - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2015

In this paper we analyze the survival probability of firms in Tuscany (Italy) in the first decade of the $21^{st}$ century. Using the Official Register of Firms, held by Unioncamere Toscany, we build a panel for the period 1998-2010. Taking into account both individual and context variables, we...

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International inflationary episodes: a survival analysis

Ali AbderrezakAuthor-Email: aabderre@jccc.edu - In: Journal of Developing Areas 40 (2006) 1, pp. 141-153

Instances of acute and sustained inflation pose a challenge in transition and developing economies, in particular as they tend to render economic development strategies vulnerable. Thus, a thorough understanding of inflationary episodes is critical. Using parametric hazard models, this examines...

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