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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"dynamic discrete choice model"”.
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Three Essays In Applied Econometrics
… both structural- and reduced-form econometric models to analyze economic issues relating to the mortgage and labour markets. In chapter 2, I use a dynamic discrete choice model to quantify the impact of the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) in the United States during the Great …
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Essays In Mortgage Markets And Public Investment Cycles
… to consumption. A general equilibrium model with two types of borrowers who differ in the number of lenders they meet is built and calibrated. Statistical discrimination carries a significant welfare cost for a borrower, accounting for two-thirds of the difference in welfare between the …
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Essays on Health Economics
… to have important influence on individuals' choices. Specifically, I look into the relationship between US elderly's subjective longevity expectation biases and their smoking choices. I find that US elderly tend to over-emphasize the importance of their genetic makeup but underestimate the …
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Essays on strategic social interactions : evidence from microfinance and laboratory experiments in the field
… 10-15pp more likely to repay. Last, I present a dynamic discrete choice model of the repayment decision to estimate the net benefit of the peer mechanism to the MFI. Repayers' positive influence on others (not non-repayers' negative influence) mainly drives the effect. Thus, peer effects actually …
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Essays on International Trade
… Motivated by these facts, I then develop a dynamic discrete choice model of a firm's decision to import and export. A firm needs to pay either sunk costs to initiate an activity or fixed costs to maintain that activity, anticipating that the decision would impact its future productivity and …