Title:Post-Entry Behaviour and the Cycle: Evidence From Germany
Author(s):BOERI, Tito; BELLMANN, L.Date:1995Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Based on a rich database on establishments in western Germany, the paper aims at characterising the relationship between, on the one hand, growth and exit of entering cohorts and, on the other hand, aggregate business ...
Title:Poverty in Pre-Reform Uzbekistan - What Do Official Data Really Reveal
Author(s):MARNIE, Sheila; MICKLEWRIGHT, JohnDate:1994Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Using 1989 household survey data, we investigate large differences in poverty measured with a conventional all-Union per capita income line between Uzbekistan, the largest Central Asian republic of the former U.S.S.R., and ...
Title:Pre-announcement and Timing - The Effects of a Government Expenditure Shock
Author(s):KRIWOLUZKY, AlexanderDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:This paper investigates the effect of a government expenditure shock on consumption and real wages. I identify the shock by exploiting its pre-announced nature, i.e. different signs of the responses in investment, hours ...
Title:Pre-Announcement and Timing. The Effects of a Government Expenditure Shock
Author(s):KRIWOLUZKY, AlexanderDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper investigates the effect of a government expenditure shock on consumption and real wages. I identify the shock by exploiting its pre-announced nature, i.e. different signs of the responses in investment, hours ...
Title:Precautionary Motives and Portfolio Decisions
Author(s):HOCHGUERTEL, StefanDate:2003Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper studies the empirical relevance of precautionary and other motives for household portfolio behaviour using recent panel data from the Netherlands. Dutch households' portfolios exhibit low degrees of risk taking ...
Title:Predicting one Shot Play in 2x2 Games Using Beliefs Based on Minimax Regret
Author(s):GALLICE, AndreaDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:FEEM Working PapersAbstract:We present a simple procedure that selects the strategies most likely to be played by inexperienced agents who interact in one shot 2x2 matching pennies games. As a first step we axiomatically describe players' beliefs. ...
Title:Preferred Point Geometry and Statistical Manifolds
Author(s):CRITCHLEY, Frank; MARRIOTT, Paul; SALMON, MarkDate:1993Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A new mathematical object called a preferred point geometry is introduced in order to (a) provide a natural geometric framework in which to do statistical inference and (b) reflect the distinction between homogeneous aspects ...
Title:Preferred Point Geometry and the Local Differential Geometry of the Kullback-Leibler Divergence
Author(s):CRITCHLEY, Frank; MARRIOTT, Paul; SALMON, MarkDate:1994Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:A new preferred point geometric structure for statistical analysis, closely related to Amari's alpha-geometries, is introduced. The added preferred point structure is seen to resolve the problem that divergence measures ...
Title:Price Discrimination in the Concert Industry
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, MarioDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Concert tickets can either be sold at a single price or at different prices to reflect the various levels of seating categories available. Here we consider how two product characteristics (the artist’s age and venue capacity) ...