In this paper, we provide evidence that the rate of return to schooling varies across individuals and this variation is responsible for much of the variation in the length of schooling.

These lecture notes have been prepared as a preliminary material for the first year graduate students attending the ocre macro course in the Finnish Postgraduate Programme in Economics. The notes should make it easier for students to acquaint themselves with the overlapping generations models in...

We consider the effects of replacing least squares learning by stochastic gradient learning in the multivariate "Cobweb" model. Are the stability conditions altered? For this model, we show global convergence of stochastic gradient learning to the unique rational expectations equilibrium...

This study uses GARCH modelling to estimate and forecast conditional variances and covariances of returns calculated from a set of financial market series: twelve markka exchange rates, twelve corresponding short-term euro interest rates and the Finnish short-term interest rate, the Finnish...