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Estimating Multivariate Latent-Structure Models

Robin, Jean-Marc; Bonhomme, Stéphane; Jochmans, Koen - Department of Economics, Sciences économiques - 2014

A constructive proof of identification of multilinear decompositions of multiway arrays is presented. It can be applied to show identification in a variety of multivariate latent structures. Examples are finite-mixture models and hidden Markov models. The key step to show identification is the...

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The quality of growth

Owen, Ann L.; Videras, Julio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We use latent class analysis to categorize development experiences. This technique allows us to consider a broad range of country characteristics including per capita income growth, health, inequality, environmental performance, and life satisfaction. We show that each of these indicators is...

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Stability periods between financial crises : The role of macroeconomic fundamentals and crises management policies

Bicaba, Zorobabel; Kapp, Daniel; Molteni, Francesco - HAL - 2011

The aim of this paper is to identify which factors explain why some countries are more prone to enjoy long durations of stability, while others experience crises in shorter intervals. To this end, we analyze the duration of stability periods between currency, debt, and banking crises from 1980...

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RISK PREFERENCE HETEROGENEITY AND MULTIPLE DEMAND FOR INSURANCE

LI DONNI, P. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2010

We examined the relationship between unobserved risk preferences and four insurance purchase decisions: health Medigap insurance, long-term insurance, life insurance and annuity. Standard economic theory assumes that individuals take decision over a set of risky domains according to their own...

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An International Comparison of Productivity Change in Agriculture and the Economy as a Whole

Moutinho, Nuno; Machado, Fernado S. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2003

A common and longstanding assumption in the economic growth literature has been that total factor productivity growth is lower in the agriculture sector than in the rest of the economy. Using a stochastic production frontier finite mixture model, labor productivity change is decomposed into...

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Do country sizes matter? What motivates China’s trade decision in Southern Africa?

Igbinoba, Emmanuel - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 10 (2017) 1, pp. 44-60

Purpose This paper aims to test the political-economy hypothesis that country sizes are related with constraints associated with Chinese trade. Design/methodology/approach This study applies a generalized linear mixed approach on panel data of Southern African (henceforth SADC) economies from...

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Fearless woman : financial literacy and stock market participation

Bucher-Koenen, Tabea; Alessie, Rob; Lusardi, Annamaria; … - 2021

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Exploring relationship variables and Information and Communication Technologies use in industrial segmentation

Fuentes-Blasco, María; Moliner-Velázquez, Beatriz; … - In: Management Decision 55 (2017) 7, pp. 1441-1459

perspective of efficient management of company resources, segmentation has become a key tool and is particularly significant and … current in the business-to-business context. The purpose of this paper is to study the segmentation of firms in the tourist … relationship with their main supplier, the authors attempt to examine the utility of these variables as segmentation criteria for …

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Digital divide, globalization and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries: analysing cross-country heterogeneity

Ndoya, Hermann; Asongu, Simplice A. - In: Social Responsibility Journal 20 (2022) 1, pp. 1-19

Purpose This study aims to analyse the impact of digital divide (DD) on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2004–2016. Design/methodology/approach In applying a finite mixture model (FMM) to a sample of 35 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this study posits that DD...

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Star Wars: The empirics strike back

Brodeur, Abel; Lé, Mathias; Sangnier, Marc; … - 2013

Journals favor rejection of the null hypothesis. This selection upon tests may distort the behavior of researchers. Using 50,000 tests published between 2005 and 2011 in the AER, JPE, and QJE, we identify a residual in the distribution of tests that cannot be explained by selection. The...

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