We propose a methodology to analyze the dynamic features of total factor productivity (TFP). Factor efficiency is assumed to evolve according to an unobserved component model which has the form of a dynamic version of factor analysis and which nests most of the specifications for technology...

In this paper, we formulate a structural time series model for aggregate quarterly nondurable consumption by using the life cycle consumption hypothesis under uncertainty to obtain a model for the trend cycle component. The seasonal components are assumed to sum to a white noise. The model is...

We consider consistent estimation of regression models in which the exogenous variables are incompletely observed assuming that the response mechanism is random. In the literature on imputed data, several estimators have been proposed which are based on approximations substituted for the missing...

This paper studies the effects of aggregate, industry-, and firm-specific factors on the exit hazard rates in the market for daily newspapers in The Netherlands from 1950 to 1996. We present a brief overview of the exit literature. On the basis of the existing empirical evidence, we decided to...

We analyze the relationship between interventions and volatility at daily and intra-daily frequencies for the two major exchange rate markets. Using recent econometric methods to estimate realized volatility, we employ bipower variation to decompose this volatility into a continuously varying...

This note argues that large VAR models with common cyclical feature restrictions provide an attractive framework for parsimonious implied univariate final equations, justifying on the one hand the estimation of homogenous panels with dynamic heterogeneity and a common factor structure, and on...

We analyse the relationship between interventions and volatility at daily and intra-daily frequencies for the two major exchange rate markets. Using recent econometric methods to estimate realized volatility, we employ bi-power variation to decompose this volatility into a continuously varying...