Search Results - subject:"Probit Model"

The credit rationing of Chinese rural households and its welfare loss: An investigation based on panel data

Li, Rui; Li, Qinghai; Huang, Shaoan; Zhu, Xi - In: China Economic Review 26 (2013) C, pp. 17-27

We examined the impact of credit rationing on the net income and consumption of Chinese rural households by studying survey panel data from 1000 Chinese rural households from 2003 to 2009. Our results revealed that 61.5% of Chinese rural households were rationed in the credit market; 52.0% were...

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Bias in Economic News: The Reporting of the Nominal Exchange Rate Behaviour in Colombia

Taborda, Rodrigo - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2013)

Since 1991, Colombia has had a market-determined Peso–US Dollar Nominal Exchange Rate (NER), after more than 20 years of controlled and multiple exchange rates. The behaviour (revaluation / devaluation) of the NER is constantly reported in the news, editorials, and op-eds of the major...

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A nonlinear simultaneous probit-model for the investigation of decision-making processes: modelling the process of setting up a family in partnerships

Stein, Petra; Pavetic, Monika - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 47 (2013) 3, pp. 1717-1732

-making processes. We use a nonlinear simultaneous probit-model and show how the problem of identification for estimating the relative …

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A test for bivariate normality with applications in microeconometric models

Lucchetti, Riccardo; Pigini, Claudia - In: Statistical Methods and Applications 22 (2013) 4, pp. 535-572

Monte Carlo experiment, in which we use the bivariate probit model and Heckman sample selection model as examples. We find …

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Bayesian estimation of a simultaneous probit model using error augmentation: An application to multi-buying and churning behavior

Balachander, Subramanian; Ghosh, Bikram - In: Quantitative Marketing and Economics 11 (2013) 4, pp. 437-458

error augmentation approach to Hierarchical Bayesian estimation of a simultaneous bivariate probit model containing both … our error augmentation algorithm recovers closely the true parameters of the simultaneous bivariate probit model. We then … apply our algorithm to customer churn data from a wireless service provider. We formulate a simultaneous bivariate probit …

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Performing arts attendance in Taiwan: who and how often?

Wen, Wei-Jen; Cheng, Tsung-Chi - In: Journal of Cultural Economics 37 (2013) 2, pp. 309-325

This paper uses the logistic regression model and the count data model to identify the determinants of the likelihood and frequency of attendance at performing arts events in Taiwan. Using data collected from a telephone survey, we find that education and income, being determinants of the...

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Running for office again: evidence from Portuguese municipal elections

Castro, Vítor; Martins, Rodrigo - In: Public Choice 156 (2013) 3, pp. 677-702

Using a data set that covers all Portuguese mainland municipalities for the period 1979–2005, this study performs an empirical analysis of the economic determinants of mayors’ decisions to run for another term in office. The literature on the subject is mainly centered on the United States...

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Land title program in Brazil: Are there any changes to happiness?

Moura, Mauricio Jose Serpa Barros de; Silveira Bueno, … - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 45 (2013) C, pp. 196-203

This paper investigates the contribution of property rights (land title ownership) to happiness in Brazil by analyzing the household response to an exogenous change in formal ownership status. It uses a quasi-experimental design to analyze a unique dataset based on Papel Passado, a Brazilian...

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Driving out of choices: An investigation of transport modality in a university sample

Lavery, T.A.; Páez, A.; Kanaroglou, P.S. - In: Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 57 (2013) C, pp. 37-46

ordered probit model. The results of our study indicate that modality is influenced by a combination of demographic …

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Costs, Demand, and Producer Price Changes

Loupias, Claire; Sevestre, Patrick - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 1, pp. 315-327

Using business survey data, we estimate an ordered probit model to explain the occurrence of producer price increases …

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