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244: Finite Sample Correction Factors for Panel Cointegration Tests

Jaroslava Hlouskova and Martin Wagner

243: Combining Forecasts Based on Multiple Encompassing Tests in a Macroeconomic Core System

Mauro Costantini and Robert M. Kunst

242: Aggregate and Regional Economic Effects of New Railway Infrastructure

Wolfgang Polasek, Wolfgang Schwarzbauer and Richard Philipp Sellner

241: Bayesian Methods for Completing Data in Space-time Panel Models

Carlos LLano, Wolfgang Polasek and Richard Philipp Sellner

240: A Hierarchical Procedure for the Combination of Forecasts; This is a revised version of Working Paper 228, Economics Series, October 2008, which includes some changes. The most important change regards the reference of Kisinbay (2007), which was not reported in the previous version. The hierarchical procedure proposed in the paper is based on the approach of Kisinbay (2007), but some modifications of that approach are provided

Mauro Costantini and Carmine Pappalardo

239: Lumpy Investment and State-Dependent Pricing in General Equilibrium

Michael Reiter, Tommy Sveen and Lutz Weinke

238: Do "Clean Hands" Ensure Healthy Growth? Theory and Practice in the Battle Against Corruption

Raffaella Coppier, Mauro Costantini and Gustavo Piga

237: Panel VAR Models with Spatial Dependence

Jan Mutl

236: Growth Regressions, Principal Components and Frequentist Model Averaging

Martin Wagner and Jaroslava Hlouskova

235: Competitiveness and Specialisation of the Austrian Export Sector. A Constant-Market-Shares Analysis

Edith Skriner

234: Consistent Estimation of Global VAR Models

Jan Mutl

233: A Nonparametric Test for Seasonal Unit Roots

Robert M. Kunst

232: Catching Growth Determinants with the Adaptive LASSO

Ulrike Schneider and Martin Wagner

231: Optimizing Time-series Forecasts for Inflation and Interest Rates Using Simulation and Model Averaging

Adusei Jumah and Robert M. Kunst

230: Growth and the Ageing Joneses

Walter Henry Fisher and Ben J. Heijdra

229: The Spatial Random Effects and the Spatial Fixed Effects Model. The Hausman Test in a Cliff and Ord Panel Model

Jan Mutl and Michael Pfaffermayr

228: Combination of Forecast Methods Using Encompassing Tests. An Algorithm-Based Procedure; For the revised version of this paper, see Working Paper 240, Economics Series, June 2009, which includes some changes. The most important change regards the reference of Kisinbay (2007), which was not reported in the previous version. The hierarchical procedure proposed in the paper is based on the approach of Kisinbay (2007), but some modifications of that approach are provided

Mauro Costantini and Carmine Pappalardo

227: The Enhanced Use of Wood-biomass. Macroeconomic, Sectoral and Environmental Impacts

Todor Balabanov and Wolfgang Schwarzbauer

226: Age-structured Human Capital and Spatial Total Factor Productivity Dynamics

Tapas Mishra, Adusei Jumah and Mamata Parhi

225: Buying Online: Sequential Decision Making by Shopbot Visitors

Uwe Dulleck, Franz Hackl, Bernhard Weiss and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

224: Nonlinear Cointegration Analysis and the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Seung Hyun Hong and Martin Wagner

223: Product Market Deregulation and the U.S. Employment Miracle

Monique Ebell and Christian Haefke

222: Clash of Career and Family. Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement

Emilia Del Bono, Andrea Weber and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

221: Food Markets in Russia. Dynamics of Their Integration

Konstantin Gluschenko and Alexandra Khimich

220: Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?

Andrea Ichino, Guido Schwerdt, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer and Josef Zweimüller

219: Inflation in the West African Countries. The Impact of Cocoa Prices, Budget Deficits, and Migrant Remittances

Adusei Jumah and Robert M. Kunst

218: Network Formation in the Political Blogosphere. An Application of Agent Based Simulation and e-Research Tools

Robert J Ackland and Jamsheed Shorish

217: Market Orientation and Gender Wage Gaps. An International Study

Doris Weichselbaumer, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer and Martina Zweimüller

216: Mixtures of t-distributions for Finance and Forecasting

Raffaella Giacomini, Andreas Gottschling, Christian Haefke and Halbert White

215: Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms

Josef Fersterer, Jorn-Steffen Pischke and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

214: Forecasting Global Flows

Edith Skriner

213: Why are Mothers Working Longer Hours in Austria than in Germany? A Comparative Micro Simulation Analysis

Helene Dearing, Helmut Hofer, Christine Lietz, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer and Katharina Wrohlich

212: Oil Price Shocks, Monetary Policy and Aggregate Demand in Ghana

Adusei Jumah and Georg Pastuszyn

211: Welfare Analysis of HIV/AIDS: Formulating and Computing a Continuous Time Overlapping Generations Policy Model

Jamsheed Shorish

210: The Performance of Panel Cointegration Methods. Results from a Large Scale Simulation Study

Martin Wagner and Jaroslava Hlouskova

209: An Integrated CVaR and Real Options Approach to Investments in the Energy Sector

Ines Fortin, Sabine Fuss, Jaroslava Hlouskova, Nikolay Khabarov, Michael Obersteiner and Jana Szolgayova

208: Pension Reform and Labor Market Incentives

Walter Henry Fisher and Christian Keuschnigg

207: Some Evidence on the Relevance of the Chain-reaction Theory in Selected Countries

Helmut Hofer, Robert M. Kunst, Wolfgang Schwarzbauer, Ulrich Schuh and Dennis Snower

206: On the Interplay between Keynesian and Supply Side Economics

Marika Karanassou and Dennis Snower

205: Characteristics of Unemployment Dynamics. The Chain Reaction Approach

Marika Karanassou and Dennis Snower

204: Keeping up with the Ageing Joneses

Walter Henry Fisher and Ben J. Heijdra

203: Cross-sectional Space-time Modeling Using ARNN(p, n) Processes

Kazuhiko Kakamu and Wolfgang Polasek

202: Gasoline and Diesel Demand in Europe: New Insights

Markus Pock

201: Growth Effects of Consumption Jealousy in a Two-Sector Model

Georg Duernecker

200: Fundamentals, Misvaluation, and Investment. The Real Story

Bob Chirinko and Huntley Schaller

199: Indexed Bonds and Revisions of Inflation Expectations

Andreas Reschreiter

198: Traffic Accessibility and the Effect on Firms and Population in 99 Austrian Regions

Wolfgang Polasek and Wolfgang Schwarzbauer

197: The Carbon Kuznets Curve. A Cloudy Picture Emitted by Bad Econometrics?

Martin Wagner

196: Dynamic Contracting for Development Aid Projects. Mechanism Design and High Performance Computation

Salim Rashid, Jamsheed Shorish and Nahil Sobh

195: Inequality and Mobility of Household Incomes in Europe. Evidence from the ECHP

Gerhard Riener