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  • Comments on 'Convergence Properties Likelihood of Computed Dynamic Models' 
    Ackerberg Dan; Geweke John; Hahn Jinyong (Wiley Interscience, 2009)
    We show by counterexample that Proposition 2 in Fernández-Villaverde, Rubio- Ramírez, and Santos (Econometrica (2006), 74, 93¿119) is false. We also show that even if their Proposition 2 were corrected, it would be irrelevant ...
  • The permanent need for political economy 
    O'Donnell Rod (ANU College of Business & Economics, 2009)
    My purpose here is to offer, in hindsight, an assessment of the significance of the dispute in terms of its two underlying issues ¿ the nature of economics and the role of university ideals. I write as someone who was a ...
  • Bayesian Inference for Hospital Quality in a Selection Model 
    Geweke John; Gowrisankaran G.; Town R.J. (Blackwell Publishing, 2003)
    This paper develops new econometric methods to infer hospital quality in a model with discrete dependent variables and nonrandom selection. Mortality rates in patient discharge records are widely used to infer hospital ...
  • Sources of variation in the costs of health care for asthma patients in Australia 
    Kenny Patsy; Hall Jane; King Madeleine; Lancsar Emily (Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2009)
    Objectives: Individuals with chronic conditions, such as asthma, on average incur high health care costs, though good control can reduce costs and improve health outcomes. However, there may be substantial variation between ...
  • Power Law Scaling in World Income Distribution 
    Di Guilmi Corrado; Gaffeo Edoardo; Gallegati Mauro (Vanberbilt University, 2003)
    We show that over the period 1960-1997, the range comprised between the 30th and the 85th percentiles of the world income distribution expressed in terms of GDP per capita invariably scales down as a Pareto distribution. ...