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Browsing by Subject "C14"
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Title:Environmental policy and directed technological change : evidence from the European carbon market
Author(s):CALEL, Raphael; DECHEZLEPRÊTRE, AntoineDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper investigates the impact of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) on technological change. We exploit installations-level inclusion criteria to estimate the impact of the EU ETS on firms patenting. We find ...
Title:The Multiscale Causal Dynamics of Foreign Exchange Markets
Author(s):BEKIROS, Stelios D.; MARCELLINO, MassimilianoDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper relies on wavelet multiresolution analysis to capture the dependence structure of currency markets and reveal the complex dynamics across different timescales. It investigates the nature and direction of causal ...
Title:Nonlinear Causality Testing with Stepwise Multivariate Filtering
Author(s):BEKIROS, Stelios D.Date:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This study explores the direction and nature of causal linkages among six currencies denoted relative to United States dollar (USD), namely Euro (EUR), Great Britain Pound (GBP), Japanese Yen (JPY), Swiss Frank (CHF), ...
Title:The Public-Private Wage Differential in the West Bank and Gaza: Before and During the Second Intifada
Author(s):MIAARI, Sami H.Date:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper measures the public-private wage differential in the West Bank and Gaza and describes its dynamics before and during the second Intifada using data from the Palestinian Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of the Palestinian ...
Title:How to Attain Minimax Risk with Applications to Distribution-Free Nonparametric Estimation and Testing
Author(s):SCHLAG, Karl H.Date:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We show how to a derive exact distribution-free nonparametric results for minimax risk when underlying random variables have known finite bounds and means are the only parameters of interest. Transform the data with a ...