Discussion Papers

09-010/4 - Dynamic Factor Analysis in The Presence of Missing Data

Authors: B. Jungbacker, VU University Amsterdam; S.J. Koopman, VU University Amsterdam; M. van der Wel, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and CREATES

Date: February 12, 2009

09-009/3 - Manipulable Congestion Tolls

Authors: Jan K. Brueckner, University of California, Irvine, USA; Erik T. Verhoef, VU University Amsterdam

Date: February 09, 2009

09-008/3 - Labour Supply and Commuting: Implications for Optimal Road Taxes

Authors: Eva Gutierrez-i-Puigarnau, VU University Amsterdam; Jos van Ommeren, VU University Amsterdam

Date: August 03, 2009

09-007/1 - Tracing the Base: A Topographic Test for Collusive Basing-Point Pricing

Authors: Iwan Bos, University of Amsterdam; Maarten Pieter Schinkel, University of Amsterdam

Date: January 20, 2009

09-006/3 - Socioeconomic Differences in Health over the Life Cycle in an Egalitarian Country

Authors: Hans van Kippersluis, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece; Eddy van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Tom Van Ourti, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date: January 19, 2009

09-005/3 - The Entrepreneurial Adjustment Process in Disequilibrium

Authors: Andrew Burke, Cranfield University, UK; André van Stel, University of Amsterdam

Date: January 16, 2009

09-004/2 - Horizontal Multinational Firms, Vertical Multinational Firms and Domestic Investment

Authors: Julian Emami Namini, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Enrico Pennings, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date: January 15, 2009

09-003/3 - Firm Formation with Complementarities: The Role of the Entrepreneur

Authors: Christian Roessler, Rice University, and University of Queensland, Australia; Philipp Koellinger, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Date: January 13, 2009

09-002/3 - Imports as Product and Labour Market Discipline

Authors: Hervé Boulhol, Université Paris-Panthéon Sorbonne; Sabien Dobbelaere, VU University Amsterdam, Ghent University; Sara Maioli, Newcastle University Business School

Date: January 07, 2009

09-001/3 - Panel Data Estimates of the Production Function and Product and Labor Market Imperfections

Authors: Sabien Dobbelaere, VU University Amsterdam; Jacques Mairesse, CREST, Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), Merit, Maastricht University, and NBER

Date: January 07, 2009

08-120/1 - Maximal Cartel Pricing and Leniency Programs

Authors: Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam; Evgenia Motchenkova, VU University Amsterdam; Quan Wen, Vanderbilt University, Nashville (TN), USA

Date: December 17, 2008

08-119/3 - The Impact of Regional Absorptive Capacity on Spatial Knowledge Spillovers

Authors: Andrea Caragliu, Politecnico di Milano; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

Date: December 15, 2008

08-118/2 - White Knights and the Corporate Governance of Hostile Takeovers

Authors: Riccardo Calcagno, VU University Amsterdam; Sonia Falconieri, Brunel University

Date: December 15, 2008

08-117/1 - Do Auctions and Forced Divestitures increase Competition?

Authors: Adriaan R. Soetevent, Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam; Marco A. Haan, University of Groningen; Pim Heijnen, Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam

Date: December 08, 2008

08-116/1 - On the Effects of Suggested Prices in Gasoline Markets

Authors: Riemer P. Faber, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Maarten C.W. Janssen, University of Vienna, and Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date: December 01, 2008

08-115/1 - Axiomatizations of a Positional Power Score and Measure for Hierarchies

Authors: René van den Brink, VU University Amsterdam; Frank Steffen, The University of Liverpool and University of Hamburg

Date: November 24, 2008

08-114/4 - Spline Smoothing over Difficult Regions

Authors: Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam; Soon Yip Wong, VU University Amsterdam

Date: November 18, 2008

08-113/1 - Incentives and the Sorting of Altruistic Agents into Street-Level Bureaucracies

Authors: Margaretha Buurman, Dept. of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Robert Dur, Dept. of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam

Date: November 17, 2008

08-112/2 - A Dynamic Model of Investor Decision-Making: How Adaptation to Losses affects Future Selling Decisions

Authors: Carmen Lee, Marketing Department, VU University Amsterdam; Roman Kraeussl, Finance Dept., VU University Amsterdam; André Lucas, Finance Dept., VU University Amsterdam; Leonard J. Paas, Marketing Dept., VU University Amsterdam