The declared objective of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) is to promote free trade between member states. Nonetheless, an exhaustive study of bilateral merchandise trade based on a large panel data set led Rose (2004) to conclude that...

This paper implements a panel data approach of the Solow model to study the phenomenon of growth convergence for 22 OECD countries. It shows that although the derived estimable Solow model is probably underspecified from an econometric point of view, it is still possible to conclude that there...

The paper introduces for the most frequently used three-dimensional fixed effects panel data models the appropriate Within estimators. It analyzes the behaviour of these estimators in the case of no-self-flow data, unbalanced data and dynamic autoregressive models.

The paper introduces for the most frequently used three-dimensional panel data sets several random effects model specifications. It derives appropriate estimation methods for the balanced and unbalanced cases. An application is also presented where the bilateral trade of 20 EU countries is...

The INITB.TEX file consists of a macro collection designed to write books in a form standard to many handbooks. The macro file should be input before the text. Macros in this file automatically number chapters, sections, and print their titles in the proper format. It offers many useful...

In this paper we analyse systematically through Monte Carlo simulations the consequences of misspecified heterogeneity on the most popular linear panel data models. We also illustrate our findings, through the estimation of a well known investment demand model.