Details about Amos Golan

Homepage:	http://www.american.edu/cas/econ/faculty/golan.htm
Phone:	202-885-3783
Postal address:	Dept. Of Economics, Roper 200 American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20016-8029
Workplace:	Department of Economics, American University, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. Potential Value of Data and Free Access to Data
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group

2023

2. An Information-Theoretic Method for Identifying Effective Treatments and Policies at the Beginning of a Pandemic
   Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

2021

3. Does the U.S. Navy’s reliance on objective standards prevent discrimination in promotions and retentions?
   Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
   See also Journal Article Does the U.S. Navy’s reliance on objective standards prevent discrimination in promotions and retentions?, PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2021) (2021)

2020

4. Effect of Universal TB Vaccination and Other Policy-Relevant Factors on the Probability of Patient Death from COVID-19
   Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (1)

2019

5. Information-Theoretic Approach for Forecasting Interval-Valued SP500 Daily Returns
   Working Papers, University of California at Riverside, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article An information-theoretic approach for forecasting interval-valued SP500 daily returns, International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier (2020) View citations (6) (2020)

2017

6. Estimating a Demand System with Choke Prices
   Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley

2010

7. Identifying Strategies and Beliefs without Rationality Assumptions
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
8. U.S. Navy Promotion and Retention by Race and Sex
   Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (1)
   Also in Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2010) View citations (1)
   Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2010) View citations (1)
   Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2010) View citations (1)
   Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2010) View citations (1)
   Working Papers, New York University, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (1)
   Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2010) View citations (1)

2005

9. The Dynamics of Worker Reallocation Within and Across Industries
   Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau
   See also Journal Article The Dynamics of Worker Reallocation within and across Industries, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2007) View citations (35) (2007)

2004

10. Government Policy Effects on Urban and Rural Income Inequality
    Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley
    Also in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2004)
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2004)
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2004)

2002

11. Effects of Government Policies on Income Distribution and Welfare
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics View citations (15)
    Also in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (10)
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (15)
    Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (15)
12. Estimating a Mixed Strategy: United and American Airlines
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (1)
    Also in Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (1998)
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (1998)
13. Superior Forecasts of the U.S. Unemployment Rate Using a Nonparametric Method
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2002) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Superior Forecasts of the U.S. Unemployment Rate Using a Nonparametric Method, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2004) View citations (15) (2004)

2001

14. A Small-Sample Estimator for the Sample-Selection Model
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2001)
    See also Journal Article A Small-Sample Estimator for the Sample-Selection Model, Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals (2004) View citations (2) (2004)
15. Welfare Effects of Minimum Wage and Other Government Policies
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (4)
    Also in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (2001) View citations (4)
    Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Working Paper Series, Institute of Industrial Relations, UC Berkeley (2001) View citations (3)
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (2001) View citations (3)

1999

16. ESTIMATING COKE AND PEPSI'S PRICE ADVERTISING STRATEGIES
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
17. Estimating Coke and Pepsi's price and advertising strategies
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley View citations (2)
    Also in Competition Policy Center, Working Paper Series, Competition Policy Center, Institute for Business and Economic Research, UC Berkeley (1998) View citations (1)
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (1998) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Estimating Coke's and Pepsi's Price and Advertising Strategies, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association (2000) View citations (14) (2000)

1998

18. An information based sample-selection estimation model of agricultural workers' choice between piece-rate and hourly work
    Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley
    Also in CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (1998)
    See also Journal Article An Information-Based Sample-Selection Estimation Model of Agricultural Workers' Choice between Piece-Rate and Hourly Work, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (1999) View citations (4) (1999)
19. Information Recovery in Simultaneous Equation Statistical Models
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (4)

1997

20. The Maximum Entropy Approach to Estimation and Inference: An Overview
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (9)

1996

21. ESTIMATING A MIXED STRATEGY EMPLOYING MAXIMUM ENTROPY
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (1996)
22. Maximum Entropy Econometrics
    Staff General Research Papers Archive, Iowa State University, Department of Economics View citations (439)

1995

23. ESTIMATING THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF FIRMS USING GOVERNMENT SUMMARY STATISTICS
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
    Also in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (1995)
    CUDARE Working Papers, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (1995)
    See also Journal Article Estimating the Size Distribution of Firms Using Government Summary Statistics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Wiley Blackwell (1996) View citations (34) (1996)

1992

24. Maximum entropy and the existence of consistent aggregates: An application to U.S. banking
    Bank of Finland Research Discussion Papers, Bank of Finland

1985

25. Using Wine Quality Differential in Grapes Pricing
    Working Papers, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Center for Agricultural Economic Research

Journal Articles

2022

1. Information theory: A foundation for complexity science
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022, 119, (33), e2119089119 View citations (1)

2021

2. Does the U.S. Navy’s reliance on objective standards prevent discrimination in promotions and retentions?
   PLOS ONE, 2021, 16, (4), 1-22
   See also Working Paper Does the U.S. Navy’s reliance on objective standards prevent discrimination in promotions and retentions?, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series (2021) (2021)

2020

3. An information-theoretic approach for forecasting interval-valued SP500 daily returns
   International Journal of Forecasting, 2020, 36, (3), 800-813 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Information-Theoretic Approach for Forecasting Interval-Valued SP500 Daily Returns, Working Papers (2019) (2019)

2017

4. Interval estimation: An information theoretic approach
   Econometric Reviews, 2017, 36, (6-9), 781-795 View citations (5)

2015

5. Editorial Note
   Econometric Reviews, 2015, 34, (3), 255-255
6. Incorporating prior information when true priors are unknown: An Information-Theoretic approach for increasing efficiency in estimation
   Economics Letters, 2015, 127, (C), 1-5 View citations (1)

2014

7. An entropic framework for modeling economies
   Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2014, 408, (C), 149-163 View citations (1)

2008

8. Information Theoretic and Entropy Methods: An Overview
   Econometric Reviews, 2008, 27, (4-6), 317-328 View citations (9)
9. Information and Entropy Econometrics — A Review and Synthesis
   Foundations and Trends(R) in Econometrics, 2008, 2, (1–2), 1-145 View citations (20)

2007

10. Information and entropy econometrics - volume overview and synthesis
    Journal of Econometrics, 2007, 138, (2), 379-387 View citations (14)
11. The Dynamics of Worker Reallocation within and across Industries
    Economica, 2007, 74, (293), 1-20 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Worker Reallocation Within and Across Industries, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Technical Papers (2005) (2005)

2006

12. EFFECTS OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON URBAN AND RURAL INCOME INEQUALITY
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2006, 52, (2), 213-235 View citations (11)

2004

13. A Small-Sample Estimator for the Sample-Selection Model
    Econometric Reviews, 2004, 23, (1), 71-91 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper A Small-Sample Estimator for the Sample-Selection Model, CUDARE Working Papers (2001) (2001)
14. Superior Forecasts of the U.S. Unemployment Rate Using a Nonparametric Method
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2004, 86, (1), 433-438 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Superior Forecasts of the U.S. Unemployment Rate Using a Nonparametric Method, CUDARE Working Papers (2002) (2002)

2003

15. An Information Theoretic Approach for Estimating Nonlinear Dynamic Models
    Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics, 2003, 7, (4), 26 View citations (1)

2002

16. Comparison of maximum entropy and higher-order entropy estimators
    Journal of Econometrics, 2002, 107, (1-2), 195-211 View citations (7)
17. Information and Entropy Econometrics--Editor's View
    Journal of Econometrics, 2002, 107, (1-2), 1-15 View citations (35)

2001

18. A simultaneous estimation and variable selection rule
    Journal of Econometrics, 2001, 101, (1), 165-193 View citations (5)
19. Estimating A Demand System With Nonnegativity Constraints: Mexican Meat Demand
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2001, 83, (3), 541-550 View citations (17)

2000

20. Estimating Coke's and Pepsi's Price and Advertising Strategies
    Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2000, 18, (4), 398-409 View citations (14)
    See also Working Paper Estimating Coke and Pepsi's price and advertising strategies, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series (1999) View citations (2) (1999)
21. Estimation and Evaluation of Loan Discrimination: An Informational Approach
    Journal of Housing Research, 2000, 11, (1), 67-90
22. Estimation of Non-Stationary Social Accounting Matrix Coefficients with Supply-Side Information
    Economic Systems Research, 2000, 12, (4), 447-471 View citations (25)

1999

23. An Information-Based Sample-Selection Estimation Model of Agricultural Workers' Choice between Piece-Rate and Hourly Work
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1999, 81, (3), 735-741 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper An information based sample-selection estimation model of agricultural workers' choice between piece-rate and hourly work, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series (1998) (1998)
24. Nonparametric, nonlinear, short-term forecasting: theory and evidence for nonlinearities in the commodity markets
    Economics Letters, 1999, 65, (3), 293-299 View citations (16)

1997

25. Estimation and inference with censored and ordered multinomial response data
    Journal of Econometrics, 1997, 79, (1), 23-51 View citations (20)

1996

26. A maximum entropy approach to estimation and inference in dynamic models or Counting fish in the sea using maximum entropy
    Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 1996, 20, (4), 559-582 View citations (22)
27. Estimating the Size Distribution of Firms Using Government Summary Statistics
    Journal of Industrial Economics, 1996, 44, (1), 69-80 View citations (34)
    See also Working Paper ESTIMATING THE SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF FIRMS USING GOVERNMENT SUMMARY STATISTICS, CUDARE Working Papers (1995) (1995)

1994

28. Market and policy analysis of the U.S. banking industry
    Journal of Policy Modeling, 1994, 16, (6), 559-575
29. Recovering Information from Incomplete or Partial Multisectoral Economic Data
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994, 76, (3), 541-49 View citations (114)

1993

30. WINE QUALITY DIFFERENTIALS IN HEDONIC GRAPE PRICING
    Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1993, 44, (2), 311-321 View citations (48)

1991

31. The discrete continuous choice of economic modeling or quantum economic chaos
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1991, 21, (3), 261-286

1989

32. On the natural fluctuation of the economy
    Mathematical Social Sciences, 1989, 17, (2), 161-175

Undated

33. Perloff, Jeffrey M., Larry S. Karp, and Amos Golan, Editors. Estimating Market Power and Strategies. Cambridge,UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007, 352 pp., $88.99
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 91, (3), 859-860

Books

2007

1. Estimating Market Power and Strategies
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (116)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (2007) View citations (115)

Chapters

2016

1. On the Construction of Prior Information – An Info-Metrics Approach
   A chapter in Essays in Honor of Aman Ullah, 2016, vol. 36, pp 277-314

1997

2. THE MAXIMUM ENTROPY APPROACH TO ESTIMATION AND INFERENCE
   A chapter in Applying Maximum Entropy to Econometric Problems, 1997, pp 3-24