This paper describes how to use the R package gateveys to establish a transparent and reproducible aggregation work flow for longitudinal data stemming from business tendency surveys (BTS). Business tendency survey researchers are addressed in particular though the suggested work flow could also...

This paper describes how to use the R package gateveys to establish a transparent and reproducible aggregation work flow for longitudinal data stemming from business tendency surveys (BTS). Business tendency survey researchers are addressed in particular though the suggested work flow could also...

The Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) was a panel study of new businesses that employed a complex sample design to collect key data about the dynamics of high-technology, medium-technology, and female-owned business entities. Complex sample designs of the type employed in the KFS typically have...

I have provided an algorithm to invert market shares in pure characteristics model with arbitrary number of random coefficients by using first order information of direct mapping from structural parameters to market shares (Jacobian matrix). I have coded that algorithm, checked that it correctly...

In this paper we employ a stated preference environmental valuation technique, namely the choice experiment method, to estimate local publics willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in the capacity and technology of a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Chandernagore municipality, located on the...

We review the Stata statistical package and evaluate its suitability for applied research.

In this paper we employ the choice experiment method to estimate local citizens’ valuation of a public intervention which proposes to improve the quality of an important environmental resource, namely the river Ganga in India. 150 randomly selected citizens of the municipality of Chandernagore...

The rapidly growing literature on financial literacy finds an alarmingly low level of financial knowledge among young adults. During their college years, students are likely to face expenditure, savings, credit card, and student loan decisions for the first time on their own. At the same time,...

Working capital management deals with the balance of current assets and liabilities. Working capital management maximizes the level of firms to an optimal value. With time evidence has shown a significant impact of working capital on the performance of firms. Working capital management addresses...