We discuss specification of regression models for using migration data to infer the living standards of different regions, and for observing how much of the standard of living is determined by income opportunities versus non-pecuniary amenities. We estimate a regression using Canadian data from...

We examine how changes in the geographic concentrations of Hispanic and African-American populations are correlated with changes in probabilities of airport noise, in Atlanta, during 2003 and 2012. We estimate ordered probit and locally weighted ordered probit regressions for three different...

A standard theoretical prediction is that average exports are independent of tariff rates when the underlying distribution of firm productivities is assumed to be the widely-used Pareto distribution. Assuming that the underlying distribution has no upper bound is undoubtedly inaccurate and...