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International credit cycles: a regional perspective

Stolbov, Mikhail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

I use credit/GDP ratio to construct stylized credit cycles at global and regional levels over 1980-2010. Their average duration is between 12 and 15 years and for all the regions there is “a ceiling” and “a floor” curbing the amplitude of credit cycles. They are also largely...

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A Discrete Choice Approach to Estimating Armed Conflicts' Casualties: Revisiting the Numbers of a 'Truth Commission'

Rendon, Silvio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

I discuss the application of capture-recapture methods to estimating the total number of deaths in armed conflicts, and propose an alternative method based on a trivariate discrete choice model. Data come from the 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' (TRC) of Peru, around 25000 deaths,...

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The opposite Cycles of Laws and Decrees

Lagona, Francesco; Maruotti, Antonello; Padovano, Fabio - Condorcet Center for Political Economy, Centre de … - 2012

The present study aims to test Meltzer and Richard’s (1981) hypothesis that lower-income individuals vote for candidates who favor higher taxes and more redistribution. Assuming that left-wing parties advocate a general increase in taxation, we estimate a vote function for the French Cantonal...

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Epidemic Trade

Boerner, Lars; Severgnini, Battista - European Historical Economics Society - EHES - 2012

This paper studies the spread of the Black Death as a proxy for the intensity of medieval trade ows between 1346 and 1351. The Black Death struck most areas of Europe and the wider Mediterranean. Based on a modied version of the gravity model, we estimate the speed (in kilometers per day) of...

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Demographic Factors Affecting the Adoption of Multiple Value-Added Practices by Oklahoma Cow-Calf Producers

Williams, Brian R.; Raper, Kellie Curry; DeVuyst, Eric A.; … - Southern Agricultural Economics Association - SAEA - 2012

The utilization of marketing programs to enhance feeder calf value has been met with modest success in Oklahoma. Value-added programs are continually promoted as avenues for improving cow-calf profitability, but producer adoption of value-added practices lags in spite of research showing the...

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Modelling zero-inflated count data when exposure varies: with an application to sick leave

Baetschmann, Gregori; Winkelmann, Rainer - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre, … - 2012

This paper is concerned with the analysis of zero-inflated count data when time of exposure varies. It proposes a new zero-inflated count data model that is based on two homogeneous Poisson processes and accounts for exposure time in a theory consistent way. The new model is used in an...

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The demand for school meals: an analysis of stated choices by Swiss households

Filippini, Massimo; Masiero, Giuliano; Medici, Diego - USI Università della Svizzera italiana - 2012

In this paper we investigate households' demand for school meals using a stated preferences approach. Data are collected through phone-structured interviews to 905 residents with children in the German-speaking region of Switzerland during 2007. A Poisson model with random effects is used to...

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A Discrete Choice Approach to Estimating Armed Conflicts’ Casualties: Revisiting the Numbers of a ‘Truth Commission’

Rendon, Silvio - Economics Department, State University of New … - 2012

I discuss the application of capture-recapture methods to estimating the total number of deaths in armed conflicts, and propose an alternative method based on a trivariate discrete choice model. Data come from the ‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission’ (TRC) of Peru, around 25000 deaths,...

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A cross country analysis of electricity market reforms: potential contribution of New Institutional Economics

Erdogdu, E. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2012

empirical econometric model based on Poisson regression with cross-section data covering 51 US states, 13 Canada states and 51 …

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Health Behavior and Accident Risk: Obesity Is Associated with the Future Risk of Heavy Truck Crashes among Newly Recruited Commercial Drivers

Anderson, Jon; Govada, Manjari; Steffen, Tricia K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

came first. Multivariate Poisson regression and Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the relationship … between crash risk and BMI, controlling for exposure using miles driven, trip segments, and job type. Results from the Poisson … regression indicated that the risk ratio (RR) for all crashes was significantly higher for drivers in the obesity Class II and …

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