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Advances in Economics and Econometrics Theory and Applications, Tenth World Congress

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ISBN-10: 1107017211

ISBN-13: 9781107017214

Edition: 2012

Authors: Daron Acemoglu, Manuel Arellano, Eddie Dekel

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These are the three volumes containing edited versions of papers and commentaries presented at invited symposium sessions of the Tenth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Shanghai in August 2010. The papers summarize and interpret key developments in economics and econometrics, and they discuss future directions for a wide variety of topics, covering both theory and application. Written by the leading specialists in their fields, these volumes provide a unique, accessible survey of progress on the discipline. The first volume primarily addresses economic theory, with specific focuses on nonstandard markets, contracts, decision theory, communication and organizations,…    
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List price: $684.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 5/27/2013
Binding: Box or Slipcased 
Pages: 1714
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 4.00" tall
Weight: 6.182
Language: English

Manuel Arellano is a Professor of Econometrics at CEMFI, Madrid. His many published articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Econometrica, the Journal of Econometrics, and The Economic Journal. He is the author of Panel Data Econometrics (2003) and currently serves as second vice-president of the Econometric Society.

Eddie Dekel is the William R. Kenan, Jr, Professor of Economics at Northwestern University and Grace and Daniel Ross Professor of Economics at Tel-Aviv University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a past editor of Econometrica and a current associate editor of Theoretical Economics and the Journal of Economic Literature.

Nonstandard Markets
Matching markets: theory and practice
The economics of Internet markets
Discussion of 'Matching markets: theory and practice'
Contracts
Contracts: the theory of dynamic principal-agent relationships and the continuous-time approach
Dynamic financial contracting
Comments on contracts
Decision Theory
Ambiguity and the Bayesian paradigm
Temptation
Comments on 'behavioral' decision theory
Communication/Organization
Giving and receiving advice
Organizational economics with cognitive costs
Foundations Epistemics and Calibration
Strategies and interactive beliefs in dynamic games
Calibration: respice, adspice, prospice
Discussion of 'Strategies and interactive beliefs in dynamic games' and of 'Calibration: respice, adspice, prospice'
Patents: Pros and Cons for Innovation and Efficiency
Revisiting the relationship between competition, patenting, and innovation
Mechanisms for allocation and decentralization of patent rights
Finance
Macroeconomics with financial frictions: a survey
Political Economy
Institutional comparative statics
The political economy of mass media
Comments on Prat and Str�mberg, and Robinson and Torvik
Job search, labor force participation, and wage rigidities
From wages to welfare: decomposing gains and losses from rising inequality
Trade and Firm Dynamics
Trade liberalization and firm dynamics
International trade: linking micro and macro
Growth
Structural development accounting
Misallocation, economic growth, and input-output economics
Frisch Lecture
Trade and labor market outcomes
Perspectives on Chinese Economic Growth
The China miracle demystified
Is precocious export sophistication a source of China's growth success? Computing the share of domestic value added in exports when processing trade is prevalent
Perspectives on China's economic growth patent rights
Econometrics of Industrial Organization
Game theory and econometrics: a survey of some recent research
Recent developments in empirical IO: dynamic demand and dynamic games
Estimation of (dynamic) games: a discussion
Macroeconometrics
Macroeconomics and volatility: data, models, and estimation
Estimation and evaluation of DSGE models: progress and challenges
Discussion of Fernandez-Villaverde and Rubio-Ram�rez as well as Schorfheide
Econometric Theory
Estimation and inference methods for high-dimensional sparse econometric models
Measurement error in nonlinear models - a review
Penalized least square methods for latent variables models
Empirical Microeconomics
Productivity and management practices
ExtrapoLATE-ing: external validity and overidentification in the LATE framework
Time Series and Panels
Panel data models and factor analysis
Penalized sieve estimation and inference of semi-nonparametric dynamic models: a selective review
Mirrlees Review: Rethinking the Tax System for the Twenty-First Century
Empirical evidence and tax design
A review of the Mirrlees Review: labor tax reforms
The Mirrlees Review and optimal labor income tax and transfer programs