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Binary quantile regression: a Bayesian approach based on the asymmetric Lapla...
This paper develops a Bayesian method for quantile regression for dichotomous response data. The frequentist approach to this type of regression has proven problematic in both... -
Cannabis use and mental health problems (replication data)
This paper investigates whether cannabis use leads to worse mental health. To do so, we account for common unobserved factors affecting mental health and cannabis consumption by... -
The effect of location on finding a job in the Paris region (replication data)
Do spatial differences in unemployment duration reflect residential sorting or a true local effect? Focusing on the 1300 municipalities of the Paris region, we apply a... -
Assessing the temporal variation of macroeconomic forecasts by a panel of cha...
This paper calls attention to the problem of changing panel composition in surveys of forecasters and documents the problem in the Survey of Professional Forecasters. To study... -
Estimating the effect of a gasoline tax on carbon emissions (replication data)
Recently the proposal has been made to raise gasoline taxes in the United States to curb carbon emissions. The existing literature on the sensitivity of gasoline consumption to... -
Competition in large markets (replication data)
This paper evaluates the simplifying assumption that producers compete in a large market without substantial strategic interactions using nonparametric regressions of producers'... -
Climbing the drug staircase: a Bayesian analysis of the initiation of hard dr...
Since empirical studies have shown that cannabis users are much more likely to initiate hard drug use, a causal linkage has been suggested (?gateway hypothesis?). However,... -
Firm size distributions through the lens of functional principal components a...
We explore the dynamics of firm size distributions through the lens of Functional Principal Component Analysis as proposed by Kneip and Utikal (2001). Using samples of UK firms... -
Capital accumulation and growth: a new look at the empirical evidence (replic...
Using annual data for 75 countries in the period 1960-2000, we present evidence of a positive relationship between investment as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) and the...
