3501 Discussion Papers

• 06-026/1 - When the Quality of a Nation triggers Emigration

  Authors: Hendrik P. van Dalen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, and NIDI; Kène Henkens, NIDI

  Date: March 15, 2006

• 06-025/2 - Central Bank Instruments, Fiscal Policy Regimes, and the Requirements for Equilibrium Determinacy

  Author: Andreas Schabert, Universiteit van Amsterdam

  Date: March 08, 2006

• 06-024/2 - Nonparametric Estimation for Non-Homogeneous Semi-Markov Processes: An Application to Credit Risk

  Authors: Andre Monteiro, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Georgi V. Smirnov, University of Porto; Andre Lucas, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: March 08, 2006

• 06-023/2 - Credit Cycles and Macro Fundamentals

  Authors: Siem Jan Koopman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Roman Kraeussl, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Andre Lucas, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Andre Monteiro, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: March 08, 2006

• 06-022/1 - A Study on Linear Inequality Representation of Social Welfare Functions

  Authors: Keisuke Sato, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Yoshitsugu Yamamoto, University of Tsukuba, Japan

  Date: February 21, 2006

• 06-021/3 - Early Retirement Behaviour in the Netherlands: Evidence from a Policy Reform

  Authors: Rob Euwals, CPB, The Hague, IZA, CEPR; Daniel J. van Vuuren, CPB, and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Ronald P. Wolthoff, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

  Date: February 21, 2006

• 06-020/3 - New Neural Network Methods for Forecasting Regional Employment: An Analysis of German Labour Markets

  Authors: Roberto Patuelli, Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Aura Reggiani, Department of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy; Peter Nijkamp, Department of Spatial Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Uwe Blien, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nuremberg

  Date: February 17, 2006

• 06-019/1 - Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Search Costs

  Authors: Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez, University of Groningen; Matthijs R. Wildenbeest, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: February 14, 2006

• 06-018/3 - Screening Disability Insurance Applications

  Authors: Philip de Jong, Wilms & Goudriaan Public Economics BV, and Universiteit van Amsterdam; Maarten Lindeboom, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, HEB, and Netspar; Bas van der Klaauw, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, SCHOLAR

  Date: February 14, 2006

• 06-017/3 - What explains the Variation in Estimates of Labour Supply Elasticities?

  Authors: Michiel Evers, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Ruud A. de Mooij, CPB, The Hague, and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Daniel J. van Vuuren, CPB, The Hague, and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: February 14, 2006

• 06-016/1 - A Social Network Analysis of Occupational Segregation

  Authors: Sebastian Buhai, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, and Aarhus School of Business; Marco van der Leij, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: February 01, 2006

• 06-015/2 - Competition and Entry in Banking: Implications for Stability and Capital Regulation

  Authors: Arnoud W.A. Boot, Faculty of Economics & Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam; Matej Marinc, University of Ljubljana

  Date: January 27, 2006

• 06-014/1 - Wages and Employment in a Random Social Network with Arbitrary Degree Distribution

  Authors: Yannis M. Ioannides, Tufts University, Medford, MA; Adriaan R. Soetevent, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam

  Date: January 26, 2006

• 06-013/1 - Competition for a Prize

  Author: Rob van der Noll, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: January 20, 2006

• 06-012/1 - The Welfare Effects of Discrimination in Insurance

  Author: Rob van der Noll, CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy, and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: January 20, 2006

• 06-011/2 - Market Liquidity, Investor Participation and Managerial Autonomy: Why do Firms go Private?

  Authors: Arnoud W.A. Boot, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, Universiteit van Amsterdam; Radhakrishnan Gopaian, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan; Anjan V. Thakor, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St Louis

  Date: January 20, 2006

• 06-010/1 - A Simple Model of Self-Assessments

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

  Date: January 17, 2006

• 06-009/2 - Deal or No Deal? Decision-making under Risk in a Large-payoff Game Show

  Authors: Thierry Post; Guido Baltussen; Martijn van den Assem, Faculty of Economics, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  Date: January 11, 2006

• 06-008/1 - Strong Ties in a Small World

  Authors: Marco van der Leij, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Sanjeev Goyal, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, and University of Essex

  Date: June 10, 2006

• 06-007/2 - Rags in the High Rent District: the Evolution of Quota Rents in Textiles and Clothing

  Authors: Joseph Francois, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam; Julia Woerz, WIIW, Vienna

  Date: June 10, 2006