110 Discussion Papers

• 16-030/VII - Entrepreneurial Choices of Initial Human Capital Endowments and New Venture Success

  Authors: Vera Rocha, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Mirjam van Praag, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Timothy B. Folta, University of Connecticut, United States; Anabela Carneiro, University of Porto, Portugal

  Date: April 22, 2016

• 16-029/III - Measuring Financial Cycles in a Model-Based Analysis: Empirical Evidence for the United States and the Euro Area

  Authors: Gabriele Galati, De Nederlandsche Bank DNB, the Netherlands; Irma Hindrayanto, De Nederlandsche Bank DNB, the Netherlands; Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Marente Vlekke, Centraal Planbureau CPB, The Hague, the Netherlands

  Date: April 22, 2016

• 16-028/III - Bayesian Dynamic Modeling of High-Frequency Integer Price Changes

  Authors: Istvan Barra, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Siem Jan Koopman, Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands; Agnieszka Borowska, Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands

  Date: April 22, 2016

• 16-027/III - Prediction of Gas Concentration based on the Opposite Degree Algorithm

  Authors: Xiao-Guang Yue, Wuhan University, China; Rui Gao, Wuhan University, China; Michael McAleer, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

  Date: April 19, 2016

• 16-026/III - An Entropy Based Analysis of the Relationship between the DOW JONES Index and the TRNA Sentiment Series

  Authors: David E. Allen, Centre for Applied Financial Studies, UniSA, South Africa, and Visiting Professor University of Sydney, Australia; Michael McAleer, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Tinbergen Institute, the Netherlands; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Abhay K. Singh, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia

  Date: April 19, 2016

• 16-025/III - Spectrally-Corrected Estimation for High-Dimensional Markowitz Mean-Variance Optimization

  Authors: Zhidong Bai, Northeast Normal University, China; Hua Li, Chang Chun University, China; Michael McAleer, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Wing-Keung Wong, Hong Kong Baptist University, China, and Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Date: April 11, 2016

• 16-024/V - Spending on Health Care in the Netherlands: Not going so Dutch

  Authors: Pieter Bakx, Institute of Health Policy & Management (iBMG), Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Owen O’Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Eddy van Doorslaer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: April 08, 2016

• 16-023/I - Everybody's doing it: On the Emergence and Persistence of Bad Social Norms

  Authors: David Smerdon, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Theo Offerman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Uri Gneezy, UC San Diego, United States

  Date: April 05, 2016

• 16-022/IV - Single Stock Call Options as Lottery Tickets - Overpricing and Investor Sentiment

  Authors: Luiz Felix, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Roman Kraussl, University of Luxembourg, Luxemburg; Philip Stork, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: April 01, 2016

• 16-021/VIII - Place-based Policies, Firm Productivity and Displacement Effects: Evidence from Shenzhen, China

  Authors: Hans Koster, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and London School of Economics, United Kingdom; Fang Fang Cheng, Utrecht University, the Netherlands; Michiel Gerritse, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Frank van Oort, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Utrecht University, the Netherlands

  Date: April 01, 2016

• 16-020/VII - Market Structure and Advance Selling

  Authors: Marc Möller, University of Bern, Switzerland; Makoto Watanabe, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: March 31, 2016

• 16-019/V - Progressive Universalism? The Impact of Targeted Coverage on Healthcare Access and Expenditures in Peru

  Authors: Sven Neelsen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Owen O’Donnell, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; University of Lausanne, Switzerland; University of Macedonia, Greece

  Date: March 16, 2016

• 16-018/VIII - Spatial Planning and Segmentation of the Land Market

  Authors: Or Levkovich, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Jan Rouwendal, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: March 21, 2016

• 16-017/I - How does the Gender Difference in Willingness to Compete evolve with Experience?

  Author: Thomas Buser, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: March 14, 2016

• 16-016/I - Sequential Auctions with Generalized Interdependent Values

  Authors: Audrey Hu, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Liang Zou, University of Amsterdam

  Date: March 14, 2016

• 16-015/III - Testing for a Common Volatility Process and Information Spillovers in Bivariate Financial Time Series Models

  Authors: Jinghui Chen, Yokohama University, Japan; Masahito Kobayashi, Yokohama University, Japan; Michael McAleer, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

  Date: March 08, 2016

• 16-014/III - Modelling Volatility Spillovers for Bio-ethanol, Sugarcane and Corn Spot and Futures Prices

  Authors: Chia-Lin Chang, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; Michael McAleer, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain; Yu-Ann Wang, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

  Date: March 07, 2016

• 16-013/V - Job-Search Periods for Welfare Applicants: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

  Authors: Jonneke Bolhaar, VU University Amsterdam, and CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Research, the Netherlands; Nadine Ketel, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Bas van der Klaauw, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: March 03, 2016

• 16-012/I - Deception and Self-Deception

  Authors: Peter Schwardmann, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany; Joël van der Weele, University of Amsterdam

  Date: February 19, 2016

• 16-011/II - Generalization of Binomial Coefficients to Numbers on the Nodes of Graphs

  Authors: Anna Khmelnitskaya, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia; Gerard van der Laan, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Dolf Talman, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands

  Date: February 16, 2016