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Boston University Department of Economics: Working Paper Series, 2015
01 “Global Identification in DSGE Models Allowing for Indeterminacy” Zhongjun Qu, Denis Tkachenko, August 2015
02 “A Composite Likelihood Framework for Analyzing Singular DSGE Models” Zhongjun Qu, June 2015
03 “Likelihood Ratio Based Tests for Markov Regime Switching” Zhongjun Qu, Fan Zhuo, October 2015
04 “Explaining adoption and use of payment instruments by U.S. consumers” Sergei Koulayev, Marc Rysman, Scott Schuh, Joanna Stavins, May 2015
05 “Quality and Competition between Public and Private Firms” Liisa Laine, Ching-To Albert Ma, June 2015
06 “Incentives for Motivated Experts in a Partnership” Ting Liu, Ching-To Albert Ma, Henry Y. Mak, June 2015
07 “An Elementary Proof of the Optimality of Threshold Mechanisms” Barton Lipman, June 2015 (rev. July 2015)
08 “Information Acquisition, Referral, and Organization” Simona Grassi, Ching-To Albert Ma, October 2015
09 “Robust Confidence Regions for Incomplete Models” Larry G. Epstein, Hiroaki Kaido, Kyoungwon Seo, September 2015
10 “Uniform Inference on Quantile Effects under Sharp Regression Discontinuity Designs” Zhongjun Qu, Jungmo Yoon, November 2015
11 “A Comparison of Alternative Methods to Construct Confidence Intervals for the Estimate of a Break Date in Linear Regression Models” Seong Yeon Chang, Pierre Perron, October 2015
12 “Inference on a Structural Break in Trend with Fractionally Integrated Errors” Seong Yeon Chang, Pierre Perron, September 2015
13 “Forecasting in the presence of in and out of sample breaks” Jiawen Xu, Pierre Perron, September 2015
14 “Inference on Locally Ordered Breaks in Multiple Regressions” (Appendix) Ye Li, Pierre Perron, February 2015
15 “Improved Tests for Forecast Comparisons in the Presence of Instabilities”(Appendix) Luis Filipe Martins, Pierre Perron, October 2015
16 “Combining Long Memory and Level Shifts in Modeling and Forecasting the Volatility of Asset Returns” (Appendix) Rasmus T. Varneskov, Pierre, Perron, September 2015
17 “Measuring Business Cycles with Structural Breaks and Outliers: Applications to International Data” Pierre Perron, Tatsuma Wada, October 2015
18 “Residuals-based Tests for Cointegration with GLS Detrended Data” Pierre Perron, Gabriel Rodríguez, October 2015
19 “Testing for Flexible Nonlinear Trends with an Integrated or Stationary Noise Component” Pierre Perron, Mototsugu Shintani, Tomoyoshi Yabu, November 2015
20 “Optimal health insurance for multiple goods and time periods”
Randall P. Ellis, Shenyi Jian, Willard G. Manning, 2015
21 “Mispricing in Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment” Jing Chen, Randall P. Ellis, Katherine H. Toro, Arlene S. Ash, 2015
22 “Global Risk-Adjusted Payment Models” Camilo Cid, Randall P. Ellis, Verónica Vargas, Juergen Wasem, Lorena Prieto, 2015
23 “Health Plan Type Variations in Spells of Health Care Treatment” Randall P. Ellis, Wenjia Zhu, August 2015
24 “Provider Payment Methods and Incentives” Randall P. Ellis, Bruno Martins, Michelle McKinnon Miller, August 2015
25 “Assessing Incentives for Adverse Selection in Health Plan Payment Systems” Timothy J. Layton, Randall P. Ellis, Thomas G. McGuire, July 2015
26 “‘Good-Enough’ Risk Adjustment Models for Physician Payment and Performance Assessment” Randall P. Ellis, Arlene S. Ash, Juan Gabriel Fernandez, June 2015
27 “Skill Transferability, Migration, and Development: Evidence from Population Resettlement in Indonesia” Samuel Bazzi, Arya Gaduh, Alexander D. Rothenberg, Maisy Wong, November 2015