Title:Four Essays in Applied Economics
Author(s):BASTEN, ChristophDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The four papers constituting this thesis cover a range of different topics, thus reflecting the breadth of issues I have worked on in the course of my PhD. All seek to rely as little as possible on prior assumptions, and ...
Title:Four Essays in Applied Microeconometrics
Author(s):SCHWERDT, GuidoDate:2007Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:no abstract available
Title:Fractional Integration and Cointegration Testing Using the Sample Mean
Author(s):DEMETRESCU, MateiDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The convergence rate of the sample mean of fractionally integrated processes is
exploited to build test statistics for the fractional integration parameter d of univariate
series, as well as for the rank of fractional ...
Title:Fragmented Fiscal Policy
Author(s):PEROTTI, Roberto; KONTOPOULOS, Y.Date:2002Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This paper explores on a panel of 19 OECD countries the role of fragmentation indetermining fiscal outcomes over the 1970-95 period. We first define the notion of fragmentation of fiscal policy-making as the degree to which ...
Title:Frictional Matching: Evidence from Law School Admission
Author(s):COURTY, Pascal; PAGLIERO, MarioDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We measure friction in the matching of students and law schools as the number of unnecessary student applications and school admissions that have to be undertaken per actual matriculation. We show that friction increases ...
Title:Friendship Selection
Author(s):RIVAS, JavierDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:We model the formation of friendships as repeated cooperation within a set of heterogeneous players. The model builds around three of the most important facts about friendship: friends help each other, there is reciprocity ...
Title:Fringe Size and Cartel Stability
Author(s):MARTIN, StephenDate:1990Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO