3410 Discussion Papers

• 15-083/III - In-Sample Confidence Bands and Out-of-Sample Forecast Bands for Time-Varying Parameters in Observation Driven Models

  Authors: Francisco Blasques, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Katarzyna Lasak, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; André Lucas, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: July 09, 2015

• 15-082/III - Why do Pit-Hours outlive the Pit?

  Authors: Sait R. Ozturk, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Michel van der Wel, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Dick van Dijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: July 07, 2015

• 15-081/V - Employers Opting Out of Public Disability Insurance: Selection or Incentive Effects?

  Authors: Wolter H.J. Hassink, Utrecht University School of Economics, the Netherlands; Pierre Koning, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Wim Zwinkels, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: July 07, 2015

• 15-080/II - Note on ‘Competition in Two-sided Markets’

  Authors: Yuyu Zeng, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Gerard van der Laan, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: July 06, 2015

• 15-079/IV - Mortgage Finance and Technological Change

  Authors: Robin Döttling, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Enrico Perotti, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: July 06, 2015

• 15-078/VIII - Train Commuters' Scheduling Preferences: Evidence from a Large-Scale Peak Avoidance Experiment

  Authors: Stefanie Peer, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria; Jasper Knockaert, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Erik Verhoef, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: July 06, 2015

• 15-077/III - Volatility Spillovers between Energy and Agricultural Markets: A Critical Appraisal of Theory and Practice

  Authors: Chia-Lin Chang, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan; Yiying Li, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Michael McAleer, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

  Date: July 06, 2015

• 15-076/IV - Intraday Stochastic Volatility in Discrete Price Changes: the Dynamic Skellam Model

  Authors: Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam; Rutger Lit, VU University Amsterdam; Andre Lucas, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: July 01, 2015

• 15-075/VIII - Measuring Competition Intensity; An Application to Air/HSR Transport Markets

  Authors: Christiaan Behrens, VU University Amsterdam; Mark Leijsen, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: June 24, 2015

• 15-074/VI - On Positive Value of Information in Risk Sharing

  Authors: Piotr Denderski, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Christian Stoltenberg, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: June 15, 2015

• 15-073/V - The Effect of Sibling's Gender on Earnings, Education and Family Formation

  Authors: Noemi Peter, University of Bern, Switzerland; Petter Lundborg, Lund University, Sweden; Dinand Webbink, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: June 04, 2015

• 15-072/II - From Hierarchies to Levels: New Solutions for Games

  Authors: Mikel Álvarez-Mozos, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain; René van den Brink, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Gerard van der Laan, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Oriol Tejada, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

  Date: June 02, 2015

• 15-071/II - A Bargaining Experiment with Asymmetric Institutions and Preferences

  Authors: Aaron Kamm, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: June 01, 2015

• 15-070/III - The Information in Systemic Risk Rankings

  Authors: Federico Nucera, Luiss Guido Carli University, Rome, Italy; Bernd Schwaab, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany; Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; André Lucas, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: June 01, 2015

• 15-069/III - Regularized Estimation of Structural Instability in Factor Models: The US Macroeconomy and the Great Moderation

  Authors: Laurent Callot, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Johannes Tang Kristensen, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

  Date: June 01, 2015

• 15-068/VII - Comparing Micro-Evidence on Rent Sharing from Three Different Approaches

  Authors: Sabien Dobbelaere, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Jacques Mairesse, CREST (ParisTech-ENSAE), France, and Maastricht University, the Netherlands

  Date: May 29, 2015

• 15-067/VII - Team Production benefits from a Permanent Fear of Exclusion

  Authors: Anita Kopányi-Peuker, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Theo Offerman, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Randolph Sloof, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: May 29, 2015

• 15-066/VI - Inflation, Endogenous Market Segmentation and the Term Structure of Interest Rates

  Authors: Casper de Vries, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Xuedong Wang, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: May 29, 2015

• 15-065/VIII - A Theory of Continuous Uncertainty Types

  Authors: Achim I. Czerny, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Erik T. Verhoef, VU University Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Anming Zhang, University of British Columbia, Canada

  Date: May 29, 2015

• 15-064/I - Homothetic Efficiency and Test Power: A Non-Parametric Approach

  Authors: Jan Heufer, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Per Hjertstrand, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden

  Date: May 29, 2015