3398 Discussion Papers

• 05-005/1 - Is there such a Thing called Scientific Waste?

  Authors: Hendrik P. van Dalen, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; NIDI, The Hague; Arjo Klamer, Faculty of History and Arts, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: January 10, 2005

• 05-004/1 - A Fixed Point Theorem for Discontinuous Functions

  Authors: Jean-Jacques Herings, Maastricht University; Gerard van der Laan, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Dolf Talman, Tilburg University; Zaifu Yang, Yokohama National University

  Date: January 11, 2004

• 05-003/4 - Large Deviations without Principle: Join the Shortest Queue

  Authors: Ad Ridder, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Adam Shwartz, Electrical Engineering Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

  Date: January 06, 2004

• 05-002/4 - Model-based Measurement of Actual Volatility in High-Frequency Data

  Authors: B. Jungbacker, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; S.J. Koopman, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: January 05, 2005

• 05-001/3 - A Meta-Analysis of Beta-Convergence: The Legendary Two-Percent

  Authors: Maria Abreu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Henri L.F. de Groot, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and Purdue University

  Date: January 05, 2005

• 04-136/1 - Axiomatizations of a Class of Equal Surplus Sharing Solutions for Cooperative Games with Transferable Utility

  Authors: René van den Brink, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Yukihiko Funaki, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo

  Date: December 16, 2004

• 04-135/4 - Forecasting Daily Time Series using Periodic Unobserved Components Time Series Models

  Authors: Siem Jan Koopman, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Marius Ooms, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: December 16, 2004

• 04-134/3 - A Meta-Analytic Assessment of the Effect of Immigration on Wages

  Authors: Simonetta Longhi, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Jacques Poot, University of Waikato, Hamilton - New Zealand

  Date: December 10, 2004

• 04-133/1 - Does Electoral Competition create Incentives for Political Parties to collect Information about the Pros and Cons of Alternative Policies?

  Authors: Silvia Dominguez Martinez, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam; Otto H. Swank, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: December 07, 2004

• 04-132/2 - Preference Utilisation and Tariff Reduction in EU Imports from ACP Countries

  Author: Miriam Manchin, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: November 30, 2004

• 04-131/2 - The Economic Effects of a Russia-EU FTA

  Author: Miriam Manchin, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: November 30, 2004

• 04-130/3 - The Impact of the Locus-of-Control Personality Trait on the Earnings of Entrepreneurs vis-à-vis Employees

  Authors: C. Mirjam van Praag, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam; Justen van der Sluis, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam; Arjen van Witteloostuijn, University Groningen, and University of Durham

  Date: November 29, 2004

• 04-129/3 - Space and Growth

  Authors: Maria Abreu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Henri L.F. de Groot, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Raymond J.G.M. Florax, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: November 24, 2004

• 04-128/2 - Dumping in a Global World

  Authors: Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, Groningen University; Jean-Marie Viaene, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: November 24, 2004

• 04-127/1 - Null or Zero Players: The Difference between the Shapley Value and the Egalitarian Solution

  Author: René van den Brink, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: November 19, 2004

• 04-126/3 - Urban Transport Policies: The Dutch Struggle with Market Failures and Policy Failures

  Author: Piet Rietveld, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: November 19, 2004

• 04-125/2 - Dumping in Developing and Transition Economies

  Authors: Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, Groningen University; Jean-Marie Viaene, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: November 19, 2004

• 04-124/2 - Anti-dumping, Intra-industry Trade and Quality Reversals

  Authors: Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, Groningen University, and VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Jean-Marie Viaene, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: November 18, 2004

• 04-123/3 - Decomposing the Gender Wage Gap in the Netherlands with Sample Selection Adjustments

  Authors: James Albrecht, Georgetown University, Washington, USA; Aico van Vuuren, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Susan Vroman, Georgetown University, Washington, USA

  Date: November 18, 2004

• 04-122/1 - Demand Reduction and Preemptive Bidding in Multi-Unit License Auctions

  Authors: Jacob Goeree, California Institute of Technology, USA, and Universiteit van Amsterdam; Theo Offerman, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam; Randolph Sloof, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam

  Date: November 16, 2004