This study examines the determinants of tax aggressiveness. I utilize the unrecognized tax benefits (UTB) disclosed by the adoption of Financial Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (FIN 48) to proxy for firms’ tax aggressiveness. I hand collect UTB...

Este documento describe los métodos de la tercera ola de la Encuesta Financiera de las Familias (EFF2008), prestando atención especial a los cambios introducidos respecto a las olas anteriores. La EFF2008 fue diseñada para dar continuidad a la información sobre finanzas de los hogares...

We study the link between culturally inherited household structure and wealth distribution in international comparisons using household data for the US and Spain (the SCF and the EFF). We estimate counterfactual US distributions relying on the Spanish household structure. Our results show that...

Incluye referencias bibliográficas ; Este documento describe los métodos de la cuarta ola de la Encuesta Financiera de las Familias (EFF2011), prestando atención especial a los cambios introducidos respecto a las olas anteriores. La EFF2011 fue diseñada para dar continuidad a la información...

This paper investigates the impact of USDA crop production reports in corn andsoybean futures markets. The analysis is based on all corn and soybean production reportsreleased over 1970-2006. The empirical analysis compares the typical OLS eventstudy approach to the new Identification by...

The Neoclassical theory of production establishes a dual relationship between the profit value function of a competitive firm and its underlying production technology. This relationship, usually referred to as the duality theory, has been widely used in empirical work to estimate production...