standard and international trade. The estimation results allow us to formulate some interesting policy conclusions. …

subsectors, at least not given the used identification strategy. This could be due to the fact that this theory regards the …

beta-mixing property and the differentiability of its stationary distribution. A robust and efficient estimation scheme for …

and beta, that can be difficult to estimate. Maximum likelihood and method of moments estimation are possible, though … proposed methods of parameter estimation: 1) a method used in the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT), 2) a … never outperform the maximum likelihood, method of moments, or quantile estimators. We apply these estimation techniques to …

This dissertation consists of three essays on modeling and parameter estimation for covariance non-stationary processes … estimation in State Space models (SSM). Estimation and inference in non-Gaussian or non-linear models is usually carried out … investigate performance of MM estimation in the series of Monte Carlo simulations for common types of SSM, as well as for several …

Longitudinal panel studies of large, random samples of business start-ups captured at the pre-operational stage allow …

In the developed world the importance of evidence-based policy is increasingly recognised. Panel studies – a long … gather information about the same people or communities over a number of years. Panel studies distinguish between transitory … starting panel studies. This paper identifies challenges that arise in panel studies and shows possible ways to address them …

first where longitudinal data is available for studying the process of internationalisation. The data comes from a panel …-95. Around 47% of the enterprises in the panel exhibit development of their export quotas which can be explained by an …