Journal of Applied Econometrics, Vol. 27, No. 5 (August 2012), pp. 705-740 (36 pages) We propose a simple-to-implement panel data method to evaluate the impacts of social policy. The basic idea is to ...
We propose a varying-coefficient panel-data model with unobservable multiple interactive fixed effects that are correlated with the regressors. We approximate each coefficient function using B-splines ...
Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Economists generally accept the proposition that high inflation rates generate inefficiencies that reduce society's welfare ...
Four internationally respected economists are joining the University of Chicago’s Department of Economics, adding to the department’s strengths in economic theory, new analysis tools, the economics of ...
Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation This paper considers two empirical questions about tax incentives: (1) are incentives used as tools of tax competition and ...