Title:How Large is the Brain Drain from Italy?
Author(s):ICHINO, Andrea; BECKER, Sascha; PERI, GiovanniDate:2003Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Working Paper
Title:How Much to Collude Without Being Detected
Author(s):HOERNIG, Steffen; LOFARO, Andrea; PHLIPS, LouisDate:1996Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
Title:How the Removal of Deposit Rate Ceilings Has Changed Monetary Transmission in the US: Theory and Evidence
Author(s):MERTENS, KarelDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:Establishing the existence and nature of changes in the conduct and transmission of
monetary policy is key in understanding the remarkable macroeconomic performance of the
US since the mid 1980s. This paper presents ...
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 ...
Title:I Prefer Not to Know! Analyzing the decision of getting information about your ability
Author(s):GRANADOS ZAMBRANO, PaulinaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECOAbstract:The recognition that information is, most of the time, incomplete and imperfect is essential in understanding the nature of the formation of beliefs. To understand human behavior in the area of (academic) performance, the ...
Title:An I(2) Analysis of Inflation and the Markup
Author(s):BANERJEE, Anindya; COCKERELL, Lynne; RUSSELL, BillDate:1998Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI ECO
Title:Identification and Estimation of Latent Attitudes and their Behavioral Implications
Author(s):SPADY, RichardDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:cemmap Working PapersAbstract:This paper (i) formalizes conditions under which a population distribution of categorical responses to attitudinal questions (‘items’) has a scale representation; (ii) develops tests for whether a particular sample of item ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Latent Variables and their Effect on Social and Economic Outcomes
Author(s):EL-ATTAR VILALTA, MayssunDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Recently, there has been strong interest among economists in the impact of social and cultural factors on economic outcomes. For instance, concepts like culture, social capital or social attitudes have been used to explain ...
Title:Identification and Estimation of Sources of Common Fluctuations: New methodologies and applications
Author(s):MACIEJOWSKA, KatarzynaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This thesis addresses the problem of how to identify and model sources of common fluctuations of economic variables. It is an interesting question not only for researchers but also for policy makers and other authorities. ...