Econometric analyses in the happiness literature typically use subjective well-being (SWB) data to compare the mean of observed or latent happiness across samples. Recent critiques show that com-paring the mean of ordinal data is only valid under strong assumptions that are usually rejected by...

This paper compares two approaches to analyzing longitudinal discrete-time binary outcomes. Dynamic binary response models focus on state occupancy and typically specify low-order Markovian state dependence. Multi-spell duration models focus on transitions between states and typically allow for...

In this paper, we use the sample selectivity model to estimate the systematic risk for Tunisian stocks. This approach is applied in the case of extreme thin trading where data are censored due to the presence of zero returns. The approach is a two-step procedure: a selectivity component which...