Search Results - subject:"meta‐regression"

Reexamining the conditional effect of foreign direct investment

Bruno, Randolph; Campos, Nauro - 2013

The prevailing consensus is that foreign direct investment (FDI) effects are conditional. At the macro level, they depend upon minimum levels of human capital or financial development, while at the micro level, they depend on type of linkage (forwards, backwards, or horizontal). This paper...

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Do fiscal rules constrain fiscal policy? : a meta-regression-analysis

Heinemann, Friedrich; Moessinger, Marc-Daniel; Yeter, … - In: European journal of political economy 51 (2018), pp. 69-92

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Alternatives for Mixed-Effects Meta-Regression Models in the Reliability Generalization Approach

López-López, José Antonio; Botella, Juan; … - In: Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics 38 (2013) 5, pp. 443-469

-effects meta-regression analyses were compared. Specifically, four transformation methods for the reliability coefficients, two …

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Neither Fixed nor Random: Weighted Least Squares Meta-Analysis

Stanley, T.D.; Doucouliagos, Hristos - Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, School … - 2013

This study challenges two core conventional meta-analysis methods: fixed effect and random effects. We show how and explain why an unrestricted weighted least squares estimator is superior to conventional random-effects meta-analysis when there is publication (or small-sample) bias and better...

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Identifying Genuine Effects in Observational Research by Means of Meta-Regressions

Bruns, Stephan B. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Meta-regression models are increasingly utilized to integrate empirical results across studies while controlling for … the potential threats of data-mining and publication bias. We propose extended meta-regression models and evaluate their … prevalent in empirical economics. We can show that the meta-regression models here pro- posed systematically outperform the …

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Does aid improve democracy and governance? A meta-regression analysis

Askarov, Zohid; Doucouliagos, Hristos - In: Public Choice 157 (2013) 3, pp. 601-628

The paper provides a systematic and quantitative review of the empirical evidence on the effects of development aid on democracy and governance. We find that aid has had, on average, a zero or negative effect on democracy, except that it has had a positive effect on democratization in European...

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Estimating a meta-damage regression model for large accidental oil spills

Alló, Maria; Loureiro, Maria L. - In: Ecological Economics 86 (2013) C, pp. 167-175

reduces the economic damage caused by vessel oil spills. Based on the results of this international meta-regression, we are …

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Symmetric or asymmetric oil prices? A meta-analysis approach

Perdiguero-García, Jordi - In: Energy Policy 57 (2013) C, pp. 389-397

The analysis of price asymmetries in the gasoline market is one of the most widely studied in energy economics. However, the great variation in the outcomes reported makes the drawing of any definitive conclusions difficult. Given this situation, a meta-analysis serves as an excellent tool to...

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Better than Random: Weighted Least Squares Meta-Regression Analysis

Stanley, T.D.; Doucouliagos, Hristos - Deakin University, Faculty of Business and Law, School … - 2013

Our study revisits and challenges two core conventional meta-regression models: the prevalent use of ‘mixed-effects’ or … random-effects meta-regression analysis (RE-MRA) and the correction of standard errors that defines fixed-effects meta-regression … superior to conventional random-effects (or mixed-effects) meta-regression when there is publication (or small-sample) bias and …

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Does economics add up? An introduction to meta-regression analysis

Stanley, T.D. - In: European Journal of Economics and Economic Policies: … 10 (2013) 2, pp. 207-220

analyse what we know about a given empirical question, phenomenon, or effect. Meta-regression analysis (MRA) is meta …

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