this paper investigates the effects of globalization, (export+import)/gdp, tariffs, total factor productivity and per capita capital stock on industrial profitability. we employ the price-wage gap as a proxy for profitability. data used has been made of pooled mean group estimation of dynamic heterogeneous panel, a technique recently developed in dynamic panel data literature. our results show ...

ABSTRACT Accounting studies often examine whether the relation between X and Y varies with a moderating variable, M, by including an interactive term, × in regression. We provide plain-English guidance on why, how, when to use control variables, Z, interaction tests. A simulation simple descriptions demonstrate how interacted controls affect coefficient estimates interpretations. In particular,...

We propose serial correlation robust asymptotic confidence bands for the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves estimated by quasi-maximum likelihood in the binormal model. Our simulation experiments confirm that this new method performs fairly well in finite samples. The conventional procedure is found to be markedly undersized in terms of yielding empirical coverage probabilities lowe...

We consider statistical inference on a single component of a parameter vector that satisfies a finite number of moment inequalities. The null hypothesis for this single component is given a dual characterization as a composite hypothesis regarding point identified parameters. We also are careful in the specification of the alternative hypothesis that also has a dual characterization as a compos...

Relying on the well-established theoretical result that uncertainty has a common and an idiosyncratic component, we propose a new measure of earnings forecast uncertainty as the sum of dispersion among analysts and the variance of mean forecast errors estimated by a GARCH model. The new measure is based on both common and private information available to analysts at the time they make their for...

Aggregated qualitative survey data provide timely, but often imperfect, macroeconomic indicators. Exploiting a unique panel dataset for the UK, which contains matched firm-level responses from both qualitative and quantitative surveys, we find that firms’ responses are influenced not only by their own current and past output and lagged qualitative responses but also by an indicator of aggregate...

JEL Classification Code(s): J 31, J 71) "Perceptions of Discrimination, Effort to Obtain Psychological Balance, and Relative Wages: Can We Infer a Happiness Gradient?" There is a substantial literature that finds a linkage between happiness and relative economic well being as measured by earnings or wages. There is also a well documented racial gap in wages. One explanation for this is disparat...

We tested the validity of the “Law of Increasing State Activities” or Wagner’s Law using time series for the U.S. state-local government (SLG) real expenditure over the period 1957-2006. This period was characterized by rising SLG total expenditure and several of its sub-categories both in absolute terms and relative to state personal income. Cointegration tests of Johansen (1991) and Pesaran, ...