This paper examines the experiment in macroeconometrics, the different forms it has taken and the rules that have been proposed for its proper conduct. Here an "experiment" means putting a question to a model and getting an answer. Different types of experiment are distinguished and the...

The purpose of the article is to evaluate the forecasting performance of dynamic factor models in forecasting inflation in the Polish economy. The factor models are based on the assumption that the behavior of most macroeconomic variables can be well described by several unobservable factors,...

This paper deals with estimating peaked densities over the interval [0,1] using the Un-even Two-Sided Power Distribution (UTP). This distribution is the most complex of all the bounded power distributions introduced by Kotz and van Dorp (2004). The UTP maximum likelihood estimator, a result not...

A hedonic price model has been constructed for Warsaw housing market using 2006 asking price data. Model parameters reveal a substantial influence of proximity to the metro station on flat prices. If there is a metro station within 1 km distance to a flat its price increases by 15% according to...

Quantitative methods are in frequent use in modern accounting research. The evidence may be found e.g. in the journals like “Journal of Accounting Research”, “European Accounting Review”, “Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting” or in the Accounting Research Network in SSRN...

Development of “new economies” leading to economies mostly based on knowledge implies the construction of new long-term macroeconometric models. They should incorporate the impacts of new technologies being endogenized, as well as human capital. The paper discusses several issues related to...

The paper employs a recently developed procedure, based on a bivariate Markov switching model, to analyze the asymmetric causality linkages between credit growth and output growth during banking crises. Using a sample of 103 banking crises, we find that neither credit nor output leads the other...

Homeownership rates are very different across European countries. They range from below 50% in Germany to over 80% in Greece, Spain or Ireland. However the differences lie not only in the overall homeownership rates but also in its structure, and this is the focus of this paper. Its aim is to...

A repeated, discrete time, nonlinear Cournot duopoly game with adjusting heterogeneous players, i.e. bounded rational and adaptive, is subject of investigation. The game is modeled by a system of two nonlinear difference equations. The evolution of outputs over time is obtained by iteration of a...

The study examines main determinants of financial distress of companies in Poland during the recent transformation period. The data compose a sample of 1995-97 annual financial statements of 200 unlisted companies in Poland. The sample was collected by the Institute of Economics of the Polish...