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The concept of period length in the empirical application of cash-in-advance (CIA) models is introduced. CIA models posit that individuals and firms hold cash to purchase goods over a period. However, there has been no research into how long a period is. Existing empirical studies use quarterly...
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negotiating with broadcasters.The second essay extends the bargaining theory developed in the first essay to multiple …
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leptokurtosis which are commonly observed in speculative return series.Next, we derive the asymptotic distribution theory of the … time series. Our theory shows that the IGARCH behavior could be spurious and could be the result of ignoring persistent …
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for dependencies across cross sections at both short-run and long-run levels. Second, our theory permits the use of …
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Heckman and Singer (1984) argued that in typical longitudinal analyses, standard treatments of heterogeneity components result in incorrect parameterization of the duration model. As a consequence, estimation bias is not limited to duration dependence, but extends to the structural parameters as...
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Rent controls lead not only to a smaller market quantity of rental housing; they also result in a deterioration in the quality of available rental housing. A model of the labor market is presented in which the same kind of adjustment can take place when a minimum wage is imposed. The quality of...
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This dissertation examines several theoretical and empirical issues associated with exchange rate pass-through, defined as the percentage change in import prices for a one percent change in the exchange rate. The theoretical sections of this study posit a conjectural variations model of...
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In the first essay, we analyze the necessary and sufficient conditions for coalitional Bayesian Nash implementation. A mechanism coalitionally implements a social choice set if any outcome of the social choice set can be achieved as a coalitional Bayesian Nash equilibrium of a mechanism and vice...
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In this thesis, we consider the trading world economy with some firms exhibiting increasing returns to scale technology. We focus on the problems of existence of equilibrium, gains from trade and the effects of increasing returns in developing countries.
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of the social conflict theory of inflation and creates cyclical indices of fiscal stance for developing countries …In the second essay a game-theoretic model is presented which formalizes the role of deficits in the conflict theory of … theory of inflation. Estimates are made for a hybrid of the cyclically neutral budget which reflects a macroeconomic target …
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