A simple dynamic model of criminal behavior is estimated. The object is to see if the dynamics involved help differentiate between alternative structural hypotheses involving empirical regularities such as the age crime profile. This refers to the observation that criminal behavior seems to peak...

We propose a new methodology for estimating demand and cost functions of differentiated products models when demand and cost data are available. The method deals with the endogeneity of prices to demand shocks and the endogeneity of outputs to cost shocks by using cost data. We establish...

What do applicants care about when choosing a school in Turkey? Are their preferences vertical or horizontal? Which school attributes seem to matter? Do selective schools con-tribute to their students' ; success, or is their performance attributable to the higher ability of the students they...