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Functional structure inference /

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Serletis, Apostolos, Barnett, William A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Oxford : Elsevier, 2007.
Colección:International symposia in economic theory and econometrics ; v. 18.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction to the Series
  • Introduction
  • List of Contributors
  • Part I: Nonparametric Approaches to Separability Testing
  • Chapter 1. Testing the Significance of the Departures from Weak Separability
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Nonparametric Tests for Weak Separability
  • 3. A Stochastic Nonparametric Extension
  • 4. Solving the Adjustment Procedure
  • 5. A Necessary and Sufficient Test for Homogeneous Weak Separability
  • 6. An Empirical Application
  • 7. Monte Carlo Simulations
  • 8. Conclusion and Discussion
  • References
  • Chapter 2. Quantity Constraints and Violations of Revealed Preference
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Data
  • 3. Testing Revealed Preference
  • 4. Rationing and Utility Maximization
  • 5. Quantity Constraints Results
  • 6. Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 3. Nonparametric Tests of the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Separability
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Separability Hypotheses and Necessary and Sufficient Conditions
  • 3. Nonparametric Separability Tests
  • 4. Empirical Results
  • 5. Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Part II: Flexible Functional Forms and Theoretical Regularity
  • Chapter 4. Bayesian Estimation of Flexible Functional Forms, Curvature Conditions andthe Demand for Assets
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Monetary Problem and Data
  • 3. Locally Flexible Functional Forms
  • 4. Bayesian Estimation of Demand Systems
  • 5. Empirical Evidence
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • Chapter 5. Productivity and Convergence Trends in the OECD: Evidence from a Normalized Quadratic Variable Profit Function
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Total Factor Productivity Measurement
  • 3. Convergence Model and Test Procedures
  • 4. Data and Empirical Evidence
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgement
  • References
  • Chapter 6. The Theoretical Regularity Propertiesof the Normalized Quadratic ConsumerDemand Model
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Model
  • 3. Experimental Design
  • 4. Results and Discussion
  • 5. Conclusion
  • Appendix: Theorem (Arrow and Enthoven, 1961)
  • References
  • Part III: Functional Structure and the Theory of Optimal Currency Areas
  • Chapter 7. On Canada's Exchange Rate Regime
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theoretical Foundations
  • 3. The Data
  • 4. GMM Estimation
  • 5. Empirical Results
  • 6. Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Chapter 8. Tests of Microeconomic Foundations of an Australia/New Zealand Common Currency Area
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Existence of an Optimum Currency
  • 3. Testing for the Existence of a Common Currency Area
  • 4. Data
  • 5. Results
  • 6. Summary and Conclusions
  • Acknowledgements
  • References
  • Part IV: Functional Structure and Asymmetric Demand Responses
  • Chapter 9. Food Demand in Sweden: A Nonparametric Approach
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Weak Separability
  • 3. Demand Estimation
  • 4. Data and Method
  • 5. Results from Separability Analysis
  • 6. Results from Demand Anal.