Romer (1993) suggests that universities should undertake experiments that would test the value of mandatory attendance … attendance.” This conclusion is likely to be welcomed by some economics professors. In this note, I address two issues. First …, what does prior research imply about a relationship between attendance and learning? Second, does Romer’s own evidence …

This paper presents new evidence on the effects of attendance on academic performance. We exploit a large panel data … with attendance, such as ability, effort and motivation. We find that neither proxy variables nor instrumental variables … provide a viable solution to the omitted variable bias. Panel estimators indicate that attendance has a positive and …

This study aims at predicting the most likely winners of international football tournaments. To this end, this paper …-of-season points from domestic football leagues to measure the degree of competitive balance and to use it as a comparative indicator … between the contesting countries in international football tournaments. The seasonal CV values computed from over ten seasons …

This paper statistically analyses and attempts to predict the most likely winners of the Euro 2000 football tournament …

We provide a matching model where identical workers are embedded in ex- ante identical social networks. Job arrival … necessary induce stickiness in unemployment dynamics. Our endogenous matching technology shows that the effects of networks on …

matching methodology, in the case of multiple treatments, in order to evaluate the difference between the survival function the …

This paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers in large firms can be matched …

game. Conversely, the set of repeated matching (or social) equilibria also includes some plays that are not part of any … definitions, as well as the relationship to renegotiation-proof equilibrium. It is possible for repeated matching equilibria to be …