Essays about: "Self-Selection Bias"

Found 3 essays containing the words Self-Selection Bias.

  1. 1. Hitting the Target: An Analysis of Inflation Targeting Policies

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Elin Roslund; Victoria Benckert; [2023]
    Keywords : Inflation Target; Inflation; Generalized Synthetic Control Method; Discretion; Taylor Rule;

    Abstract : Acknowledging that world inflation reached its highest levels in decades in 2022, this paper investigates how the adoption of an inflation targeting regime has affected the inflation level and the inflation variability for a sample of five advanced economies from 1980 until the end of 2020. This paper discusses the implications of inflation targets in relation to the relative output growth across inflation targeting and non-inflation targeting economies to further contribute to the debate about its efficacy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Employee representation on the board of directors and its implications on corporate risk- A quantitative study on diverging stakeholder preferences

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Filip Engelholm; Lukas Nyström; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Board level employee representation; Codetermination; Risk preferences; Stakeholder incentives; Agency conflict; Corporate governance;

    Abstract : This study investigates how board-level employee representation (BLER) impacts the risk profile of a firm. More specifically, it investigates whether the binary presence of employees in the board room, or the relative ratio of votes allocated to employees, leads to reduced total, idiosyncratic, or systematic risk. READ MORE

  4. 3. Slowly Rising: An Overview of Floridian Hispanic Immigration Patterns from 1970 to 2000

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomihögskolan; Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Robert Colclasure; [2011]
    Keywords : Hispanic; Barry Chiswick; Immigration; English Proficiency; Self-Selection Bias; Florida; Upward Mobility; Wage Parity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Hispanic immigration strongly impacts Florida's economic and demographic identity, whose population is projected to become the third largest in the US by 2020. The results from dozens of standard OLS multiple regressions suggest that foreign-born males typically "americanize" within 15 years of arrival in Florida: in accord with Barry Chiswick's broader, years-since-migration variable. READ MORE