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作者:Mikosch, T; Starica, C
作者单位:University of Copenhagen; Chalmers University of Technology
摘要:We give the theoretical basis of a possible explanation for two stylized facts observed in long log-return series: the long-range dependence (LRD) in volatility and the integrated GARCH (IGARCH). Both these effects can be explained theoretically if one assumes that the data are nonstationary.
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作者:Zhao, Z
作者单位:Peking University
摘要:We compare propensity-score matching methods with covariate matching estimators. We first discuss the data requirements of propensity-score matching estimators and covariate matching estimators. Then we propose two new matching metrics incorporating the treatment outcome information and participation indicator information, and discuss the motivations of different metrics. Next we study the small-sample properties of propensity-score matching versus covariate matching estimators, and of differe...
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作者:Swanson, ET
作者单位:Federal Reserve System - USA
摘要:There is a growing consensus among economists that real wages in the postwar United States have been procyclical, greatly bolstering technology-driven theories of business cycles at the expense of more classical models. This paper makes the point that technological movements in firm's labor demand curves should be tested with a wage that is deflated by the firm's own price of output, with appropriate controls for intermediate inputs, and with respect to the cyclical state of the firm's own ind...