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One of the leading methods of estimating the structural parameters of DSGE models is the VAR-based impulse response matching estimator. The existing asymptotic theory for this estimator does not cover situations in which the number of impulse response parameters exceeds the number of VAR model...
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This article provides a review of recent literature in economics on the effect of mass media on politics. The focus is on the welfare effects of mass media. I also discuss the likely implications of existing behavioral theories of media effects, developed outside of economics.
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in three areas. First, we use identical twins, to control for family effects and genetic ability bias, and the education … findings suggest lower ability bias in within-twin pair regressions than pooled regressions. Third, using data on twins smoking … we show smoking reflects family background and using it as an instrument exacerbates ability bias. …
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distribution of VAR impulse response estimators is undermined by the estimator’s bias. A natural conjecture is that impulse … estimators tend to have both higher bias and higher variance, resulting in pointwise impulse response confidence intervals that …
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choices are private information. It is optimal for the organization to `bias' the second contest in favor of the early winner …
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We study the effects of unequal representation in the interest-group system on the degree of information transmission between a lobbyist and a policy-maker. Employing a dynamic cheap-talk model in which the lobbyist cares instrumentally about his reputation for truth telling, we show that the...
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This paper investigates, in a simplified macro context, the joint determination of the (incorrect) perceived model and the equilibrium. I assume that the model is designed by a self-interested economist who knows the true structural model, but reports a distorted one so as to influence outcomes....
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illustrates the tight link between parameter identification and the scope for bias that is generated by the autocoherence …
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‘gravity’ model of bilateral merchandise trade and a large panel data set covering over 50 years and 175 countries. My results …
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I search for a 'scale' effect in countries. I use a panel data set that includes 200 countries over forty years and …
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