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Working Papers

2009

1. Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Implementing econometric estimators with Mata
   DC09 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group
   Also in United Kingdom Stata Users' Group Meetings 2009, Stata Users Group (2009)

2008

3. Convergence in Institutions and Market Outcomes: Cross-Country and Time-Series Evidence from the BEEPS Surveys in Transition Economies
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) View citations
   Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2008) View citations
   Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2008) View citations
4. Estimating the Causal Effect of Gun Prevalence on Homicide Rates: A Local Average Treatment Effect Approach
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
5. Wage Policies of a Russian Firm and the Financial Crisis of 1998: Evidence from Personnel Data - 1997 to 2002
   CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
   Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2008)
   ESCIRRU Working Papers, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2008) View citations
   Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research (2008)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2008)
   Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna (2008)

2007

6. Clustered standard errors in Stata
   United Kingdom Stata Users' Group Meetings 2007, Stata Users Group
7. Enhanced routines for instrumental variables/GMM estimation and testing
   Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
   Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2007) View citations
8. Wage Determination and Wage Inequality Inside a Russian Firm in Late Transition: Evidence from Personnel Data – 1997 to 2002
   ESCIRRU Working Papers, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research
   Also in Working Papers, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna (2007)
   CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2007)
9. Where Are the Real Bottlenecks? Evidence from 20,000 Firms in 60 Countries about the Shadow Costs of Constraints to Firm Performance
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
   Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2006) View citations

2006

10. Where are the Real Bottlenecks? A Lagrangian Approach to Identifying Constraints on Growth from Subjective Survey Data
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations

2005

11. Gun Prevalence, Homicide Rates and Causality: A GMM Approach to Endogeneity Bias
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
12. Productivity, Ownership and the Investment Climate: International Lessons for Priorities in Serbia
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2005) View citations

2004

13. A Minimum of Rivalry: Evidence from Transition Economies on the Importance of Competition for Innovation and Growth
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
    Also in IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse (2004) View citations
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2004) View citations
14. The Great Transformation: Russia's Return to the World Economy
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University

2003

15. Benchmarking Structural Change in Transition
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2003) View citations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2003) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Structural Change and Economic Dynamics (2004)
16. Infrastructure, Competition and Innovation: New Survey Evidence from Transition
    IDEI Working Papers, Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse
17. Instrumental variables and GMM: Estimation and testing
    Boston College Working Papers in Economics, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
    Also in North American Stata Users' Group Meetings 2003, Stata Users Group (2002) View citations
    United Kingdom Stata Users' Group Meetings 2003, Stata Users Group (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Stata Journal (2003)

2002

18. Competition, Innovation and Growth in Transition: Exploring the Interactions between Policies
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
19. The Determinants of Privatized Enterprise Performance in Russia
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2001) View citations

2001

20. Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies from a Cross-Country Survey
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
21. Competition and Enterprise Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-country Survey
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2001) View citations

2000

22. Barter and Non-Monetary Transactions in Transition Economies: Evidence from a Cross-Country Survey
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
23. Effective Versus Statutory Taxation: Measuring Effective Tax Administration in Transition Economies
    Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway - Department of Economics View citations
    Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (2000) View citations
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (2000) View citations
24. Wage Determination in Russia: An Econometric Investigation
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) (2000) View citations
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (1999) View citations

1999

25. Determinants of Enterprise Performance during Transition
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
26. Measuring Progress in Transition and Towards EU Accession: A Comparison of Manufacturing Firms in Poland, Romania, and Spain
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (1999) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Common Market Studies (2000)
27. Revisiting Hungary's Bankruptcy Episode
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School View citations
    Also in CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University (1999) View citations

1998

28. Financial Discipline in the Enterprise Sector in Transition Countries: How Does China Compare?
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
    Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School (1998) View citations

1997

29. Do Firms in Transition Economies have Soft Budget Constraints? A Reconsideration of the Concepts and Evidence
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations

1996

30. "Arrears" in the Russian Enterprise Sector
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
31. Firms, Banks and Credit in Russia
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
32. Job Creation and Job Destruction in a Transition Economy: Ownership
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
33. Job Creation and Job Destruction in a Transition Economy: Ownership, Firm Size
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations
34. The Capital Structure of Firms in Central and Eastern Europe
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
    Also in DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure) (1996) View citations
35. The Performance of De Novo Private Firms in Russian Manufacturing
    CERT Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Reform and Transformation, Heriot Watt University View citations

1995

36. Banks, Firms, Bad Debts and Bankruptcy in Hungary 1991-4
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
37. Enterprise Adjustment in Poland: Evidence from a Survey of 200 Private
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations
38. Government Subsidies to Enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe: Budgetary Subsidies and Tax Arrears
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers View citations
39. The Provision of Social Benefits in State Owned
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE View citations

1994

40. Government Financial Transfers and Enterprise Adjustments in Russia
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1993

41. The enterprise sector and emergence of the Polish fiscal crisis, 1990-91
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

1992

42. The Economy of Poland
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1991

43. A Note in the Polish State-Owned Enterprise Sector in 1990
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

1990

44. A New Method of Long-Run Growth Accounting with Applications to the Soviet Economy 1928-87 and the US Economy 1949-78
    CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Journal Articles

2007

1. Enhanced routines for instrumental variables/generalized method of moments estimation and testing
   Stata Journal, 2007, 7, (4), 465-506 View citations

2004

2. Benchmarking structural change in transition
   Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2004, 15, (1), 47-81 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

3. Instrumental variables and GMM: Estimation and testing
   Stata Journal, 2003, 3, (1), 1-31 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2000

4. Measuring Progress in Transition and Towards EU Accession: A Comparison of Manufacturing Firms in Poland, Romania and Spain
   Journal of Common Market Studies, 2000, 38, (5), 699-728 View citations
   See also Working Paper (1999)

1998

5. Do Firms in Transition Economies Have Soft Budget Constraints? A Reconsideration of Concepts and Evidence
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (1), 80-103 View citations

1996

6. Job creation and job destruction in a transition economy: Ownership, firm size, and gross job flows in Polish manufacturing 1988-1991
   Labour Economics, 1996, 3, (3), 299-317

1995

7. Productivity, Employment and Labor Demand in Polish Industry in the 1980s: Some Preliminary Results from Enterprise-Level Data
   Economic Change and Restructuring, 1995, 28, (1), 1-27

1989

8. Are profit-maximisers the best survivors?: A Darwinian model of economic natural selection
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1989, 12, (1), 29-45 View citations
9. The credible-commitment problem in the center-enterprise relationship
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 1989, 13, (3), 359-382 View citations

Software Items

2008

1. IVREG2: Stata module for extended instrumental variables/2SLS and GMM estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
2. OVERID: Stata module to calculate tests of overidentifying restrictions after ivreg, ivreg2, ivprobit, ivtobit, reg3
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
3. RANKTEST: Stata module to test the rank of a matrix using the Kleibergen-Paap rk statistic
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
4. XTIVREG2: Stata module to perform extended IV/2SLS, GMM and AC/HAC, LIML and k-class regression for panel data models
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations

2007

5. IVACTEST: Stata module to perform Cumby-Huizinga test for autocorrelation after IV/OLS estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
6. IVENDOG: Stata module to calculate Durbin-Wu-Hausman endogeneity test after ivreg
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations
7. IVHETTEST: Stata module to perform Pagan-Hall and related heteroskedasticity tests after IV
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
8. IVREG28: Stata module for extended instrumental variables/2SLS and GMM estimation (v8)
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
9. IVRESET: Stata module to perform Ramsey/Pesaran-Taylor/Pagan-Hall RESET specification test after IV/GMM/OLS estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
10. XTOVERID: Stata module to calculate tests of overidentifying restrictions after xtreg, xtivreg, xtivreg2, xthtaylor
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics