Title:Firm Size and the Entire Distribution of Wages: A Semiparametric Approach
Author(s):EL-ATTAR, Mayssun; LOPEZ-BAZO, EnriqueDate:2008Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:In this article we argue that parametric regression analysis might well provide only partial evidence on the firm size-wage effect and propose a methodology that focuses on the entire distribution of wages. Results for a ...
Title:The first European grain invasion: a study in the integration of the European market 1750-1870
Author(s):FEDERICO, GiovanniDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI HECAbstract:This paper argues that market integration should be measured as σ-convergence over
the largest possible sample of markets. It test this claim with an empirical analysis of the
European market for wheat, rye and candles ...
Title:First or Second Order Referendums? Understanding the votes on the EU constitutional treaty in four EU member states
Author(s):GLENCROSS, Andrew; TRECHSEL, Alexander H.Date:2011Type of Publication:ArticleSeries/Report no.:[EUDO]Abstract:This article uses post-referendum Flash-Eurobarometer surveys to analyse empirically voter attitudes towards the EU Constitution in four member states. The theoretical model used incorporates first and second order variables ...
Title:Fiscal Expansions, Unemployment, and Labor Force Participation: Theory and evidence
Author(s):BRÜCKNER, Markus; PAPPA, EviDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Structural VARs indicate that for many OECD countries labor force participation, employment, and the unemployment rate significantly increase following increases in government expenditures under a variety of specifications ...
Title:Fiscal forecasting: The track record of the IMF, OECD and EC
Author(s):ARTIS, Michael J.; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2001Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:We analyse the relative performance of the IMF, OECD and EC in forecasting the government deficit, as a ratio to GDP, for the G7 countries. Interesting differences across countries emerge, sometimes supporting the hypothesis ...
Title:Fiscal Imbalances and the Dynamics of Currency Crises
Author(s):CORSETTI, Giancarlo; MACKOWIAK, BartoszDate:2006Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper analyzes links between the fiscal theory of the price level (FTPL) and the first generation models after Krugman (Journal of Money Credit and Banking 11 (1979), 311–325), exploring the idea that a synthesis ...
Title:Fiscal policy and consumption
Author(s):CALLEGARI, GiovanniDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:no abstract available