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Alternative Gmm Methods for Nonlinear Panel Data Models: Asymptotic Eeciency versus Small Sample Performance

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Lean Enough

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Are Foreign Firms Privileged By Their Host Governments? Evidence From The 2000 World Business Environment Survey

This version: March 3, 2004 This draft is very preliminary and incomplete. Please do not quote or circulate. Comments are welcome. Abstract Using the data from World Business Environment Survey (WBES) on over 10,000 firms across eighty one countries, this paper finds significant regulatory advantages—as perceived by the firms themselves—enjoyed by foreign firms over domestic firms. The findings...

Aggregation and Convexity in the Provision of Dynamic Incentives

In this paper I identify an alternative preference structure that preserves most of the cherished simplicity of the formulation of the Principal-Agent problem pioneered by Holmström and Milgrom (1987). The main advantage of my approach is in relation to the structure of the optimal contract: it adds a convex component to their optimal linear contract. This provides new opportunities to revisit ...