Search Results - subject:"Choice Models"

Internationalisation modes and determinants. The case of Italian automotive firms

Bacchiocchi, Emanuele; Florio, Massimo; Giunta, Anna - Centre for Industrial Studies (CSIL) - 2008

The aim of this paper is to study the characteristics of the internationalisation process and to identify its determinants in a representative sample of firms in the Italian automotive chain. The main findings of an econometric analysis based on micro-evidence are that: a) the firms engage in...

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Private Incentives to Innovate: Interplay of New Products and Brand-Name Reputation

Leheyda, Nina - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008

This paper studies the introduction of new products (increase in product variety) in the automobile industry. The focus is on the two sources of market power that may allow the firms to get higher profits (and, thus, recoup investments): new products and brand-name reputation. The effects of new...

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Modelling South African grain farmersâ€™ preferences to adopt derivative contracts using discrete choice models

Ueckermann, E.M.; Blignaut, J.N.; Gupta, Rangan; … - In: Agrekon 47 (2008) 2

This paper applies a discrete choice model to determine specific characteristics that influence South African grain farmersâ€™ preferences to hedge against uncertainties. This is the first empirical study on South African grain producersâ€™ preferences to adopt derivative contracting...

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Measuring changes in preferences and perception due to the entry of a new brand with choice data

Hildebrandt, Lutz; Kalweit, Lea - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2008

, which affect customers in two out of five segments. Keywords: context effects, categorization, brand choice models … brand entries. Rather, they were disregarded in individual brand choice models, in dynamic models of market structure and …

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Modelling the Incidence of Self-Employment: Individual and Employment Type Heterogeneity.

Brown, Sarah; Farrell, Lisa; Harris, Mark N - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2008

Modelling the incidence of self-employment has traditionally proved problematic. Whilst the individual supply side characteristics of the self-employed are well documented, we argue that the literature has largely neglected demand-side aspects. We explore the determinants of self-employment...

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Simplified Implementation of the Heckman Estimator of the Dynamic Probit Model and a Comparison with Alternative Estimators

Arulampalam, Wiji; Stewart, Mark B. - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2008

This paper presents a convenient shortcut method for implementing the Heckman estimator of the dynamic random effects probit model and other dynamic nonlinear panel data models using standard software. It then compares the estimators proposed by Heckman, Orme and Wooldridge, based on three...

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SNP and SML estimation of univariate and bivariate binary-choice models

Luca, Giuseppe De - In: Stata Journal 8 (2008) 2, pp. 190-220

semiparametric estimation of three binary-choice models. The first is a univariate model, while the second and the third are …

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Fertility and Female Employment Dynamics in Europe: The Effect of Using Alternative Econometric Modeling Assumptions

Michaud, Pierre-Carl; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

binary choice models, initial conditions Corresponding author: Konstantinos Tatsiramos IZA P.O. Box 7240 53072 … exogeneity of fertility and other econometric modeling assumptions. We do so by using dynamic binary choice models of labor … Data Discrete Choice Models with Fixed Effects’, Journal of Econometrics, vol. 140, no. 2, pp. 503-528. Chay, K. Y. and …

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Search Costs and Medicare Plan Choice

McCarthy, Ian; Tchernis, Rusty - Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research … - 2008

information. JEL Classi cation: C11; C21; D21; D43; M31 Keywords: Search; Medicare Health Plan; Discrete Choice Models; Bayesian … choices. While both papers are important steps in developing more realistic choice models when decisions are complicated, the … inherent in the standard discrete choice models has come under question. Some attempts to address these problems include Frank …

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Public Interventions Supporting Innovation in Small and Medium-Size Firms. Successes or Failures? A Probit Analysis

Novero, Serena - Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica … - 2008

The aim of this work is to investigate the probability of success or failure of public interventions, made to support the development of some Italian firms. The great number of small and medium-size enterprises, placed in the Canavese area, north of Turin, Italy, has suffered, in the nineties,...

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