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Nonparametric Density and Regression Estimation

[Symposium: Econometric Tools]

By John DiNardo and Justin L. Tobias

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Fall 2001

We provide a nontechnical review of recent nonparametric methods for estimating density and regression functions. The methods we describe make it possible for a researcher to estimate a regression function or density without having to specify in advance a...

Universal Investment in Infants and Long-Run Health: Evidence from Denmark's 1937 Home Visiting Program

By Jonas Hjort, Mikkel Sølvsten, and Miriam Wüst

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, October 2017

This paper examines the long-run health effects of a universal infant health intervention, the 1937 Danish home visiting program, which targeted all infants. Using administrative population data and exploiting variation in the timing of implementation acr...

Classroom Experiments: Is More More?

By Tisha L. N. Emerson and Linda English

American Economic Review, May 2016

Studies have demonstrated that classroom experiments have a positive effect on student achievement in economics courses. Questions remain regarding the appropriate number of experiments. In the current study we attempt to determine whether more intensive ...

A Theory of Buyer-Seller Networks

By Rachel E. Kranton and Deborah F. Minehart

American Economic Review, June 2001

This paper introduces a new model of exchange: networks, rather than markets, of buyers and sellers. It begins with the empirically motivated premise that a buyer and seller must have a relationship, a "link," to exchange goods. Networks--buyers, sellers,...

How to Judge Voting Schemes

[Symposium: Economics of Voting]

By Amartya Sen

Journal of Economic Perspectives, Winter 1995

This symposium on voting procedures presents many interesting findings and insights. This note scrutinizes them and discusses two general issues. First, the assumption that voters' preferences are menu-independent (and based on one canonical ordering of t...