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Central bank mandates and monetary policy stances: Through the lens of Federal Reserve speeches 中央银行的任务和货币政策立场：通过美联储的演讲

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2025.105948

Christoph Bertsch , Isaiah Hull , Robin L. Lumsdaine , Xin Zhang

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Machine learning who to nudge: Causal vs predictive targeting in a field experiment on student financial aid renewal 机器学习推动谁：学生助学金更新的现场实验中的因果vs预测目标

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2024.105945

Susan Athey , Niall Keleher , Jann Spiess

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Efficient quantile covariate adjusted response adaptive experiments 有效的分位数协变量调整响应自适应实验

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2024.105857

Zhonghua Li , Lan Luo , Jingshen Wang , Long Feng

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Limit theory for local polynomial estimation of functional coefficient models with possibly integrated regressors 可能有积分回归的泛函系数模型的局部多项式估计的极限理论

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2025.106007

Ying Wang , Peter C.B. Phillips

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Cross-sectional dependence in idiosyncratic volatility 特质波动率的横截面依赖性

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2025.106003

Ilze Kalnina , Kokouvi Tewou

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Unconditional quantile partial effects via conditional quantile regression 通过条件量子回归的无条件量子部分效应

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2024.105678

Javier Alejo , Antonio F. Galvao , Julian Martinez-Iriarte , Gabriel Montes-Rojas

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Central bank communication on social media: What, to whom, and how? 央行在社交媒体上的沟通：什么，对谁，怎么做？

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2024.105869

Yuriy Gorodnichenko , Tho Pham , Oleksandr Talavera

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Paying over the odds at the end of the fiscal year. Evidence from Ukraine 在财政年度结束时支付过高的赔率。来自乌克兰的证据

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2024.105903

Margaryta Klymak , Stuart Baumann

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Estimating coefficient-by-coefficient breaks in panel data models 估计面板数据模型中逐个系数的断点

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-04-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2025.106005

Yousef Kaddoura

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Subjective expectations and demand for contraception 对避孕的主观期望和需求

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Journal of Econometrics Pub Date : 2025-04-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2025.105997

Grant Miller , Áureo de Paula , Christine Valente

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