182 Discussion Papers

• 11-082/4 - Bayesian Combinations of Stock Price Predictions with an Application to the Amsterdam Exchange Index

  Authors: Monica Billio, University of Venice, GRETA Assoc. and School for Advanced Studies in Venice; Roberto Casarin, University of Venice, GRETA Assoc. and School for Advanced Studies in Venice; Francesco Ravazzolo, Norges Bank; Herman K. van Dijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: May 17, 2011

• 11-081/3 - The Regional Impact of Monetary Policy in Indonesia

  Authors: Masagus M. Ridhwan, VU University Amsterdam, and Bank Indonesia; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University Amsterdam; Piet Rietveld, VU University Amsterdam; Peter Nijkamp, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: May 16, 2011

• 11-080/2 - From First-Release to Ex-Post Fiscal Data: Exploring the Sources of Revision Errors in the EU

  Authors: Roel Beetsma, University of Amsterdam; Benjamin Bluhm, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany; Massimo Giuliodori, University of Amsterdam; Peter Wierts, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam

  Date: May 16, 2011

• 11-079/3 - Is the Service Quality of Private Roads too Low, too High, or just Right when Firms compete Stackelberg in Capacity?

  Authors: Vincent A.C. van den Berg, VU University Amsterdam; Erik T. Verhoef, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: May 16, 2011

• 11-078/2 - Modeling Dynamic Volatilities and Correlations under Skewness and Fat Tails

  Authors: Xin Zhang, VU University Amsterdam; Drew Creal, VU University Amsterdam; Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam; Andre Lucas, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: May 13, 2011

• 11-077/4 - On the Effects of Private Information on Volatility

  Authors: Anne Opschoor, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Michel van der Wel, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Dick van Dijk, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Nick Taylor, Cardiff University

  Date: May 12, 2011

• 11-076/2 - High Frequency Trading and the New-Market Makers

  Author: Albert J. Menkveld, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: May 10, 2011

• 11-075/3 - Is Earnings Uncertainty Relevant for Educational Choice? An Empirical Analysis for China

  Authors: Joop Hartog, University of Amsterdam; Xiaohao Ding, Peking University; Juan Liao, Peking University

  Date: April 28, 2011

• 11-074/3 - The Impact of Gender Diversity on the Performance of Business Teams: Evidence from a Field Experiment

  Authors: Sander Hoogendoorn, University of Amsterdam; Hessel Oosterbeek, University of Amsterdam; Mirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 11, 2011

• 11-073/2 - The Pollution Effects of Mergers and Acquisitions: Asymmetry, Disaggregation, and Multilateralism

  Authors: Julia Swart, Erasmus University Rotterdam; Charles van Marrewijk, Utrecht University and Tjalling C. Koopmans Institute

  Date: April 28, 2011

• 11-072/1 - Risk Aversion and Social Networks

  Authors: Jaromir Kovarik, University of the Basque Country; Marco J. van der Leij, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 21, 2011

• 11-071/3 - The Crisis Sensitivity of European Countries and Regions: Stylized Facts and Spatial Heterogeneity

  Authors: Stefan P.T. Groot, VU University Amsterdam; Jan L. Mohlmann, VU University Amsterdam; Harry Garretsen, University of Groningen; Henri L.F. de Groot, VU University Amsterdam

  Date: April 21, 2011

• 11-070/1 - Bidding to give in the Field: Door-to-Door Fundraisers had it right from the Start

  Authors: Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam; Arthur J.C. Schram, University of Amsterdam; Adriaan R. Soetevent, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 18, 2011

• 11-069/1 - Money talks? An Experimental Investigation of Cheap Talk and Burned Money

  Authors: Thomas de Haan, University of Amsterdam; Theo Offerman, University of Amsterdam; Randolph Sloof, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 18, 2011

• 11-068/2 - Fiscal Sustainability, Volatility and Oil Wealth: A Stochastic Analysis of Fiscal Spending Rules

  Authors: Sweder van Wijnbergen, University of Amsterdam; Nina Budina, IMF

  Date: April 15, 2011

• 11-067/3 - The More Business Owners the Merrier? The Role of Tertiary Education

  Authors: Mirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam; Andre van Stel, EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer

  Date: April 15, 2011

• 11-066/3 - The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success

  Authors: Jose Maria Millan, University of Huelva, Spain; Emilio Congregado, University of Huelva, Spain; Concepcion Roman, University of Huelva, Spain; Mirjam van Praag, University of Amsterdam and University of Copenhagen; Andre van Stel, EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer, the Netherlands

  Date: April 12, 2011

• 11-065/3 - Intra-Household Work Timing: The Effect on Joint Activities and the Demand for Child Care

  Authors: Chris van Klaveren, Maastricht University, the Netherlands; Henriette Maassen van den Brink, Maastricht University, and University of Amsterdam; Bernard M.S. van Praag, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

  Date: April 12, 2011

• 11-064/2/ DSF20 - Sovereign Default and the Stability of Inflation Targeting Regimes

  Authors: Andreas Schabert, TU Dortmund University , University of Amsterdam; Sweder J.G. van Wijnbergen, University of Amsterdam

  Date: April 12, 2011

• 11-063/4 - Forecasting the U.S. Term Structure of Interest Rates using a Macroeconomic Smooth Dynamic Factor Model

  Authors: Siem Jan Koopman, VU University Amsterdam; Michel van der Wel, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Date: April 07, 2011