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Heckman, James Joseph - 2008

This paper presents the econometric approach to causal modeling. It is motivated by policy problems. New causal parameters are defined and identified to address specific policy problems. Economists embrace a scientific approach to causality and model the preferences and choices of agents to...

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Can econometric analysis make (agricultural) economics a hard science? Critical remarks and implications for economic methodology

Petrick, Martin - 2004

) claims to follow and expresses some serious doubt that econometrics in particular can make economics a hard science …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322736

A software framework for data based analysis

Krätzig, Markus - 2005

This paper presents the software framework JStatCom which is geared towards the development of rich GUI clients for numerical procedures. The concept is to solve all recurring tasks with the help of reusable Java components. Optionally, one can delegate the execution of special numerical...

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Value chain analysis methodologies in the context of environment and trade research

Faße, Anja; Grote, Ulrike; Winter, Etti - 2009

computable equilibrium models, econometrics, and global commodity chain analysis. Accounting of flows includes different physical …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270035

Economists, Incentives, Judgment, and Empirical Work

Colander, David C. - 2008

only limited success in the US as a tool for doing empirical macroeconomics, where what might be called a ?theory comes … such research methods. The US ?theory comes first? approach fits much better with the journal publication metric. …

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Representation in econometrics: A historical perspective

Gilbert, Christopher L.; Qin, Duo - 2007

Measurement forms the substance of econometrics. This chapter outlines the history of econometrics from a measurement … perspective - how have measurement errors been dealt with and how, from a methodological standpoint, did econometrics evolve so as … to represent theory more adequately in relation to data? The evolution is organized in terms of four phases: 'theory and …

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Voluntary turnover: What we measure and what it (really) means

Will, Matthias Georg - 2017

In this paper, we run regression analyses to explain voluntary turnover intentions with data from more than 5,000 employees and with about 250 explanatory variables. The findings of our multi-factor approach highlight the fact that previous empirical research might have over-estimated the impact...

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Measuring willingness to pay for drinking water quality using the econometrics of equivalence scales

Carpentier, Alain; Vermersch, Dominique - 1997

The objectives of this paper are to propose and to implement for the French case an approach for the estimation of consumers' willingness to pay for tap water quality. This method is indirect and is based on the observation of the households' demands for soft drinks and bottled water. The lack...

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Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy: Methodological Concepts and Empirical Estimates

Hujer, Reinhard; Caliendo, Marco - 2000

Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and...

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Approximate and almost-exact aggregation in dynamic stochastic heterogeneous-agent models

Reiter, Michael - 2010

systems and control theory, it is shown how to reduce the dimension of the state and the policy vector so that the reduced …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294018

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