Essays about: "seemingly unrelated regressions"

Found 2 essays containing the words seemingly unrelated regressions.

1. 1. Subsistence and semi-subsistence farms in Hungary : role, determinants and directions

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Melinda Süveg; [2015]
   Keywords : farm household model; Hungary; ; subsistence; ; semi-subsistence; imperfect market; seemingly unrelated regressions; transaction cost;

   Abstract : This study aimed to define and characterise subsistence and semi-subsistence farms (SSFs) in the Hungarian context, with particular attention given to identifying the determinants of their production, labour allocation and market participation decisions. In order to reveal the determining factors of Hungarian SSFs’ market participation and sales decisions for goods and labour, the thesis identified the household’s seven simultaneous decision equations and econometrically estimated them using a 2013 cross-sectional dataset of Hungarian SSFs and the seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) framework. READ MORE

3. 2. Local Economic Development : An Accessibility Analysis

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

   Author : Carl Strömberg; [2014]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This paper examines the impact of job accessibility on wages and productivity using Swedish municipality level data on night and daytime wages. The empirical analysis is based on annual data for 290 Swedish municipalities over the period 2005-2011. The strength of this paper lies in its empirical method. READ MORE