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The impact of the distribution of economic activity on the gravity model estimation of international trade
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
In this study, I test the gravity model in international trade in a series of simulation studies, with a focus on the impact of the distribution of economic activity, inter-regional distance measure, and the capital location choice in the gravity...
Essays in health economics and health policy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
. Noting that the growing arguments for socioeconomic gradient in health are based mostly on cross-sectional studies, panel analyses of five different public health outcomes are conducted. Results demonstrate that economic development remains critical...
Three essays on educator labor markets : evidence from Missouri public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay investigates the feasibility of moving high-performing teachers to low-performing schools using administrative micro data from Missouri. I find when a teacher ...
Forecasting county-level unemployment accounting for spatial correlation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This paper analyzes the effect of including a spatial component in models that predict monthly county-level unemployment in Missouri. The initial analysis seeks to explore the general spatial structure of unemployment using ...
The determinants and impacts of foreign direct investment in the Thai manufacturing sector : a three-way fixed effects approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
-way fixed effects approach is employed to obtain consistent estimation. The results of an analysis of the aggregate manufacturing level suggest that source country GDP, industrial production, FTA, infrastructure, economic stability, and government policies...
Econometric methods for improved measures of financial risk
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
the financial economics literature about the relative importance of the VaR flaws (e.g., subadditivity) and probability model specification errors in risk measurement under Extreme Value Theory. In particular, we use the peaks-over-threshold method based...
How monetary policy influences the lending to small business : an empirical study on relationship banking using a Korean bank data set
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This study examines the influence of the monetary policy on bank lending to small business in Korea using a unique loan panel data set of firms. We analyze the dynamics of monetary policy transmission in an environment of ...
Essays on advance selling of new to-be-released products
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
This dissertation comprises three essays on the same topic: advance selling of new to-be-released products. The first essay studies the retailer's optimal strategy in a model where the demand uncertainty comes from both ...
Estimation of spatial autoregressive models with dyadic observations and limited dependent variables
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Spatial correlation, like temporal correlation, often leads to inconsistent estimates if not properly handled. This dissertation addresses spatial correlation in flow data that are recorded as binary or censored values. ...
A further analysis of the causal link between abortion and crime
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Following Donohue and Levitt (2001), this paper looks at abortion and crime data from 1985-2005 to further investigate the link between legalized abortion in the 1970s and its effect on the crime rate starting in the 1990s. ...
Growth and volatility in inter- and intra-national data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Growth and economic fluctuations are negatively correlated at the country level. Least developed countries measures of output volatility are almost double the size of the developed countries counterpart. This paper provides an explanation...
Empirical inference for online auctions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essay adopts the survival analysis to empirically analyze a new auction format, pay-per-bid ...
The fiscal responsiveness to economic fluctuations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
In this paper I investigate the pattern of the fiscal responsiveness with economic development and the determinants of the fiscal responsiveness for 79 central governments during 1972 ~ 2007. For the analysis, I estimate the dynamic panel regression...
Macroeconomic trade-offs in small open economies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This paper addresses the issue of output gap, inflation and exchange rate trade-offs in small open economies. The weights imposed on output gap, ...
An analysis of income distribution effects of a gasoline tax : evidence from the U.S. micro-level data
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This is a study of an income distributional effect of a gasoline tax, taking account of behavioral responses of households depending on income levels. We examine the price elasticities of gasoline demand and the tax burdens ...
Analysis of residential housing markets in large U.S. metropolitan areas
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
. The Cox proportional hazard model is used to investigate the determinants of the timing of tenure change. The empirical results suggest that household demographics, household composition and economic status features considerably affect household's tenure...
FDI and economic growth : the role of stock market liberalization and trade liberalization
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This paper analyzes the effect of stock market liberalization and trade liberalization on the relationship between FDI and economic growth using the data of 124 countries...
Marital-property scheme, marriage promotion and matching market equilibrium
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This paper studies how liberalization in choosing marital-property schemes may impact the aggregate marriage rates. We use a Two-Sided Matching model ...
Exploring the dynamics of competing risk models for multiple discrete outcomes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The objective of this research is to explore the predictive power of the correlated competing risks model in two different economic contexts. In both cases there are multiple...
Firm access to capital markets in Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation estimates and compares bank concentration and integration effects on real activities with firm level data under different stances of the capital market structure and different consequences from the creation ...