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McCannon, Bryan - In: Journal of Economics 92 (2007) 1, pp. 67-88

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A simulation-based assessment of the bias produced when using averages from small DHS clusters as contextual variables in multilevel models

Kravdal, Øystein - In: Demographic Research 15 (2006) 1, pp. 1-20

latter variable. Fortunately, simulation experiments show that the bias actually is fairly small - less than 14% - when … focus is turned to other independent variables than education, the bias may, of course, be very different. In some …

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Small effects of selective migration and selective survival in retrospective studies of fertility

Andersson, Gunnar; Sobolev, Boris - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2001

In this paper, we assess the accuracy of fertility estimates that are based on the retrospective information that can be derived from an existing cross-sectional population. Swedish population registers contain the information on childbearing of all people ever living in Sweden and thus allow us...

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Rational Ignorance and Negative News in the Information Market

McCluskey, Jill; Swinnen, Johan F.M. - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2007

While the availability of information has increased rapidly, the public is still considered poorly informed. This paper contributes to the emerging field of media economics by studying how the demand side of the media market affects news production and consumption. We show that consumers are...

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On constructing almost unbiased estimators of finite population mean using transformed auxiliary variable

Chang, Horng-Jinh; Huang, Kuo-Chung - In: Statistical Papers 42 (2001) 4, pp. 505-515

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Estimation after sequential selection and ranking

Mukhopadhyay, N.; Solanky, T. - In: Metrika 45 (1997) 1, pp. 95-106

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Testing for Bias and Manipulation in the National Basketball Association Playoffs

Zimmer, Timothy; Kuethe, Todd - In: Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 5 (2009) 3, pp. 4-4

The following paper examines potential sources of bias in National Basketball Association (NBA) playoffs. Employing NBA … incorporating potentially mitigating variables, can also be used to test for potential bias and manipulation in tournament results … hypothesis suggested by previous studies. However, the analysis does indicate potential bias in playoff results in favor of large …

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The Export Decision and the Cognitive Limitation of the Managers

Santos-Álvarez, Valle; Merino, Teresa García - In: Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM) 07 (2008) 02, pp. 123-133

bias. Specifically, we identify two: bias by omission and bias by imprecise meaning. The use of different sources of …

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Brokerage firms' revenue and profitability of their recommendations: before and after 1999-2002

Sharma, Vivek - In: International Journal of Revenue Management 3 (2009) 3, pp. 270-283

We examine how the research departments of brokerage firms may issue biased recommendations in order to boost the revenue of the investment banking departments of the brokerage firms during 1993-2006. We find that during 1993-2006, sanctioned brokerage firms' upgrades not only underperformed the...

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Behaviour and rationality in corporate governance

Marnet, Oliver - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 1 (2008) 1, pp. 4-22

, codes of best practice, and the like, are necessary, but underestimate the pressures from conflicts of interest and bias …

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