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Is there an impact of household computer ownership on children's educational attainment in Britain?

Schmitt, John; Wadsworth, Jonathan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

If personal computers (PCs) are used to enhance learning and information gathering across a variety of subjects, then a home computer might reasonably be considered an input in an educational production function. Using data on British youths from the British Household Panel Survey between 1991...

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A multi-level approach to understanding the impact of cyber crime on the financial sector

Lagazio, Monica; Sherif, Nazneen; Cushman, Mike - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper puts forward a multi-level model, based on system dynamics methodology, to understand the impact of cyber crime on the financial sector. Consistent with recent findings, our results show that strong dynamic relationships, amongst tangible and intangible factors, affect cyber crime...

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The importance of time zone assignment: evidence from residential electricity consumption

Weinhardt, Felix - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper presents the first nationwide empirical assessment of residential electricity use in response to the timing of daylight. Employing Geographical Information Systems (GIS) solar times of sunrise and sunset are calculated for all geographical locations in mainland USA. This is used to...

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A nonparametric regression estimator that adapts to error distribution of unknown form

Linton, Oliver; Xiao, Zhijie - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001

We propose a new estimator for nonparametric regression based on local likelihood estimation using an estimated error score function obtained from the residuals of a preliminary nonparametric regression. We show that our estimator is asymptotically equivalent to the infeasible local maximum...

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On subset selection in non-parametric stochastic regression

Yao, Qiwei; Tong, Howell - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1994

consistent. Furthermore, two kinds of asymptotic efficiency of the selected model are proved. Both simulated and real data are …

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Productivity differences in the airline industry: partial deregulation versus short-run protection

Marin, Pedro L. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1995

characteristics and efficiency as the main determinants of their productivity. The application of this analysis to the European market …

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Testing the capital asset pricing model efficiently under elliptical symmetry : a semiparametric approach

Hodgson, Douglas J; Linton, Oliver; Vorkink, Keith - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

We develop new tests of the capital asset pricing model which are valid under the assumption that the distribution generating returns is elliptically symmetric; this assumption is necessary and sufficient for the validity of the CAPM. Our test is based on semiparametric efficient estimation...

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How do domestic attributes affect international spillovers of CO2-efficiency?

Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

Although there is evidence that CO2-efficiency enhancing innovations in one country diffuse into other countries to … the strength of cross-border CO2-efficiency interdependence working through import ties and inward foreign direct … investment (FDI) stocks is greater in (a) countries with lower existing levels of domestic CO2-efficiency and (b) countries with …

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Fiscal decentralization and economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe

Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés; Krøijer, Anne - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

services, the greater the potential for economic efficiency and growth. There is, however, little empirical evidence to … governments with their own revenue source respond better to local demands and promote greater economic efficiency. …

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Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments

Ranger, Nicola; Niehörster, Falk - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Current projections of long-term trends in Atlantic hurricane activity due to climate change are deeply uncertain, both in magnitude and sign. This creates challenges for adaptation planning in exposed coastal communities. We present a framework to support the interpretation of current long-term...

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