We show that when data are endogenously truncated the widely-used IV fails to render the relationship causal as well as introduces bias into the exogenous covariates. We offer a newly-introduced semiparametric biorthogonal wavelet-based JPEG IV estimator and its associated symmetry preserving...

This paper examines how financial development influences the debt dollarization of nonfinancial firms in a sample of emerging market economies (EMEs). The macroeconomic channels are identified from an optimal portfolio allocation model and assessed empirically using the accounting information of...