We develop a non-dynamic panel smooth transition regression model with fixed individual effects. The model is useful … generalization of the threshold panel model of Hansen (1999). We extend the modelling strategy for univariate smooth transition … regression models to the panel context. This comprises of model specification based on homogeneity tests, parameter estimation …

the firm-level investment in 14 Asian countries over the period of 1990-2010. We used Panel smooth transition regression …

have been conducted for both time series and panel data. When using such methods several issues arise: the effects of a … short time dimension, in a panel context the effects of cross-sectional dependence, and the presence of nonlinear … Ushaped relationship between GDP and CO2 emissions. -- Carbon Kuznets Curve ; panel data ; unit roots ; cointegration …

restrictive access to external sources of funds. The application of a non-linear panel threshold model allows us to group firms …

informationally opaque. The application of a non-linear panel threshold model makes it possible to group firms endogenously according … measures of solvency are used as potential threshold variables. The firm-level panel dataset covers the period between 2006 and …

models are estimated for a panel dataset of 206 Brazilian nonfinancial firms in the period 1995-2006. Results show that …