The effect of uncertainty on UK investment authorisation: Homogeneous vs. heterogeneous estimators

Empirical Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 115-128

  Driver, Ciaran ^a   Imai, Katsushi ^b   Temple, Paul ^c   Urga, Giovanni ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Investment; Panel data estimation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING METHOD; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0346403346     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-003-0192-2     Document Type: Article

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