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A Comparative Study on the Role of Stochastic Trends in U.S. Macroeconomic Fluctuations, 1954-1988
Seymen, Atilim - 2008
The paper attempts to provide an appropriate model specification for identifying technology and other macroeconomic shocks in a structural VAR framework. The investigation is conducted based on two seminal structural VAR studies by Gali (1999) and King et al. (1991). The models of these studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297992
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A Comparative Study on the Role of Stochastic Trends in U.S. Macroeconomic Fluctuations, 1954-1988
Seymen, Atilim - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
The paper attempts to provide an appropriate model specification for identifying technology and other macroeconomic shocks in a structural VAR framework. The investigation is conducted based on two seminal structural VAR studies by Gali (1999) and King et al. (1991). The models of these studies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098434
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Energy poverty indicators: Conceptual issues. Part I: The ten-percent-rule and double median/mean indicators
Schuessler, Rudolf - 2014
Energy poverty, long considered a problem limited to developing countries only, is now widely acknowledged as a challenge for advanced OECD countries as well. How energy poverty is perceived depends on the conceptualization and assessment of the underlying phenomena: inappropriately high costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368435
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Predicting innovative firms using web mining and deep learning
Kinne, Jan; Lenz, David - 2019
(science, technology and innovation) policies requires accurate indicators of innovation. Traditional indicators often lack …. In this paper, we propose a novel approach on how to create firm-level innovation indicators at the scale of millions of … firms. We use traditional firm-level innovation indicators from the questionnaire-based Community Innovation Survey (CIS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011960336
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Energy poverty indicators: Conceptual issues. Part I: The ten-percent-rule and double median/mean indicators
Schuessler, Rudolf - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Energy poverty, long considered a problem limited to developing countries only, is now widely acknowledged as a challenge for advanced OECD countries as well. How energy poverty is perceived depends on the conceptualization and assessment of the underlying phenomena: inappropriately high costs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957698
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Web mining of firm websites: A framework for web scraping and a pilot study for Germany
Kinne, Jan; Axenbeck, Janna - 2018
Nowadays, almost all (relevant) firms have their own websites which they use to publish information about their products and services. Using the example of innovation in firms, we outline a framework for extracting information from firm websites using web scraping and data mining. For this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011893504
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Human capital and successful academic spin-off
Müller, Bettina - 2006
Academic spin-offs are one way in which employability of university graduates is reflected. Using the ZEW spinoff-survey, this paper studies empirically the impact of human capital on the success of academic spinoffs founding in knowledge and technology intensive sectors. The focus is thereby on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297852
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Measuring Knowledge Spillovers in Manufacturing and Services: An Empirical Assessment of Alternative Approaches
Kaiser, Ulrich - 1999
In this paper it is tested which of the various alternative approaches for constructing knowledge spillover pools suggested in existing literature measures the extent to which a firm can costlessly receive external knowlegde best. Since knowledge spillovers are unmeasurable, a 'goodness of fit'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297893
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Simulated Classical Tests in the Multiperiod Multinomial Probit Model
Ziegler, Andreas - 2002
This paper compares different versions of the simulated counterparts of the Wald test, the score test, and the likelihood ratio test in the multiperiod multinomial probit model. Monte Carlo experiments show that the simple form of the simulated likelihood ratio test delivers the most favorable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298084
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Does interdisciplinarity lead to higher employment growth of academic spinoffs?
Müller, Bettina - 2009
Does heterogeneity in the educational backgrounds of the founders matter for firm success? Are team foundations more successful than single entrepreneurs? These questions are analysed using data on academic spinoffs in Germany. Firm success is measured by employment growth. I find that team...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299836