In this paper we study the detailed distributional properties of integrated non-Gaussian OU (intOU) processes. Both exact results and approximate results are given. We emphasise the study of the tail behaviour of the intOU process. Our results have many potential applications in financial...

A dynamic model for limited dependent variables is proposed, which estimation does not rely on simulation methods. A latent conditional mean function which is measureable with respect to past and observable information circumvents the solution of a T-dimensional integral and yields a simple and...

Consider a two period financial economy with incomplete markets and with agents having von Neumann-Morgenstern utility functions. It is well known that when the economys endowments are collinear, the excess demand function will obey the weak axiom when certain mild restrictions are imposed on...

This paper provides a means of accurately simulating explosive autoregressive processes, and uses this method to analyse the distribution of the likelihood ratio test statistic for an explosive second order autoregressive process. Nielsen (2001) has shown that for the asymptotic distribution of...

We explore the constrained efficient observational learning model - as when individuals care about successors, or are so induced by an informationlly-constrained social planner. We find that when the herding externality is correctly internalized in this fashion, incorrect herds still obtain. To...

This paper explains the observed stagnation of 'Happiness' measures in the post-war period through a growth model in which agents care about conspicuous consumption.

This paper studies the interplay between two types of conditions guaranteeing the monotonicity of market demand : conditions on individual preferences and conditiosn on the distribution of income.

Empirical models of inflation often incorporate equilibrium correction effects based upon levels of prices and input costs. Such models assume that the steady-state price-cost markup is constant, but recent research suggests that this may not be true for the Euro area economy, which has...