The Maxwell School Center for Policy Research (CPR) conducts a broad range of interdisciplinary research and other activities related to public policy, involving graduate students as assistants and junior colleagues. The Center includes faculty from several departments within the Maxwell School, mainly Economics, Public Administration, and Sociology. This collection of specialists brings a depth of experience and skill to research. We believe this interdisciplinary approach can provide the most comprehensive assessment of many social problems thereby serving as a resource to policymakers, allowing them to make informed decisions. CPR is the home of the Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP) and houses the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and the Maxwell X Lab.

Camp Econometrics is an annual conference that brings together econometricians and empirical economists from a wide range of universities and institutions around the world. It is hosted by Professor Badi Baltagi and the Center for Policy Research. The goals of the conference each year are to:

  1. discuss issues in econometrics, both applied and theoretical;
  2. present papers for comments by participants;
  3. stimulate student interest in econometrics and;
  4. help students develop their technical presentation skills by encouraging them to participate in the meetings, contribute to poster sessions, and present papers.

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2010

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A Dynamic Spatial Panel Data Approach to the German Wage Curve, Badi H. Baltagi, Uwe Blien, and Katja Wolf

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Seemingly Unrelated Regressions with Spatial Error Components, Badi H. Baltagi and Alain Pirotte

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Can Propensity Score Analysis Relplicate estimates based on random evaluations of school choice? a within-study comparison, Robert Bifulco

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Panel Data Inference under Spatial Dependence, Badi H. Baltagi and Alain Pirotte

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The Value of a Statistical Life: Evidence from Panel Data, Thomas J. Kniesner, W. Kip Viscusi, and Christopher Woock

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Health Care Expenditure and Income in the OECD Reconsidered: Evidence from Panel Data, Badi H. Baltagi and Francesco Moscone

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Panel Data Inference under Spatial Dependence, Badi H. Baltagi and Alain Pirotte

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Our Grandparents, Our Parents, Our Future Selves: Optimizing Function in Old Age., Thomas Michael Gill

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Alternative Technical Efficiency Measures: Skew, Bias, and Scale, William Clinton Horrace and Qu Feng

2009

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The Effective Target of the Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act of 1984, Perry Douglas Singleton

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Testing the Fixed Effects Restrictions? A Monte Carlo Study of Chamberlain's Minimum Chi-Squared Test, Badi H. Baltagi, Georges Bresson, and Alain Pirotte

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A Generalized Spatial Panel Data Model with Random Effects, Badi H. Baltagi, Peter Egger, and Michael Pfaffermayr

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Testing for Sphericity in a Fixed Effects Panel Data Model (Revised July 2009), Badi H. Baltagi, Qu Feng, and Chihwa Kao

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A Note on the Application of EC2SLS and EC3SLS Estimators in Panel Data Models, Badi H. Baltagi and Long Liu

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Universal Health Insurance Coverage: Progress and Issues., Jonathan Gruber

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Policy Relevant Heterogeneity in the Value of Statistical Life: New Evidence from Panel Data Quantile Regressions, Thomas J. Kniesner and W. Kip Viscusi

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Physician Sovereignty: The Dangerous Persistence of an Obsolete Idea, David M. Lawrence

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The Value of Statistical Life: Pursuing the Deadliest Catch, Kurt E. Schnier, William C. Horrace, and Ronald G. Felthoven

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Hedonic Markets and Explicit Demands: Bid-Function Envelopes for Public Services, Neighborhood Amenities, and Commuting Costs, John Yinger

2008

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A Review of Real Education by Charles Murray, John Yinger

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Why a Property Tax Cap Is a Bad Idea for New York, John Yinger

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The Effect of Disability Insurance on Health Investment: Evidence from the VA Disability Compensation Program, Perry Singleton

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The Preliminary Report of the New York Commission on Property Tax Relief, John Yinger

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Fixed-Effect Estimation of Highly-Mobile Production Technologies, William C. Horrace and Kurt E. Schnier

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Reform in New York State’s Education Aid Formula?, John Yinger

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Is a Circuit Breaker the Solution for Property Tax Relief in New York?, John Yinger

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Property Tax Relief in New York State, John Yinger

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New Evidence on the Dynamic Wage Curve for Western Germany: 1980-2004, Badi H. Baltagi, Uwe Blien, and Katja Wolf

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Financial Development and Openness: Evidence from Panel Data, Badi H. Baltagi, Panicos O. Demetriades, and Siong Hook Law

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Testing for Heteroskedasticity and Serial Correlation in a Random Effects Panel Data Model, Badi H. Baltagi, Byoung Cheol Jung, and Seuck Heun Song

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Testing for Random Effects and Spatial Lag Dependence in Panel Data Models, Badi H. Baltagi and Long Liu

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Testing for Heteroskedasticity and Spatial Correlation in a Random Effects Panel Data Model, Badi H. Baltagi, Seuck Heun Song, and Jae Hyeok Kwon

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Public School Choice and Integration: Evidence from Durham, North Carolina, Robert Bifulco, Helen F. Ladd, and Stephen Ross

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Our Troubled Health Care System: Why Is It So Hard to Fix?, Judy Feder

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The Interaction of Metropolitan Area Costs and the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit: One Size Fits All?, Katie Fitzpatrick and Jeffrey P. Thompson

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Fixed-Effect Estimation of Highly-Mobile Production Technologies, William Clinton Horrace and Kurt E. Schnier

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Semiparametric Deconvolution with Unknown Error Variance, William C. Horrace and Christopher F. Parmeter

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International Technology Transfer for Climate Policy, David Popp

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Public Sentiment and Tobacco Control Policy, Perry Singleton

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Do We Want to Measure the Quality of Care for Vulnerable Older People? The ACOVE Approach., Neil S. Wenger

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Don’t Gamble with New York’s Lottery, John Yinger

2007

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Fitting Event-History Models to Uneventful Data, Douglas A. Wolf and Thomas M. Gill

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The Impact of Class Size on Teacher Retention, John Yinger

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The Impact of School-District Consolidation on Property Values, John Yinger

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Teacher Attrition in Upstate New York, John Yinger

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Middle Class STAR, John Yinger

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Production Functions and Cost Functions for Public Education, John Yinger

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Education Finance in California Part 3: Lessons, John Yinger

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Education Finance in California Part 2: The Parcel Tax, John Yinger

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Education Finance in California Part 1: Is California Unique?, John Yinger

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Panel Cointegration with Global Stochastic Trends, Jushan Bai, Chihwa Kao, and Serena Ng

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Forecasting with Panel Data, Badi H. Baltagi

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Worldwide Econometrics Rankings: 1989-2005, Badi H. Baltagi

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A Monte Carlo Study for Pure and Pretest Estimators of a Panel Data Model with Spatially Auto correlated Disturbances, Badi H. Baltagi, Peter Egger, and Michael Pfaffermayr

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Estimating Regional Trade Agreement Effects on FDI in an Interdependent World, Badi H. Baltagi, Peter Egger, and Michael Pfaffermayr

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Asymptotic Properties of Estimators for the Linear Panel Regression Model with Individual Effects and Serially Correlated Errors: The Case of Stationary and Non-Stationary Regressors and Residuals, Badi H. Baltagi, Chihwa Kao, and Long Liu

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Is It Time to Redesign Hospice? End-of-Life Care at the User Interface, David J. Casarett

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A Monte Carlo Study of Efficiency Estimates from Frontier Models, William Clinton Horrace and Seth O. Richards

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Consistent Estimation with Weak Instruments in Panel Data, Chihwa Kao and Long Liu

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Modelling and Testing for Structural Changes in Panel Cointegration Models with Common and Idiosyncratic Stochastic Trend, Chihwa Kao, Lorenzo Trapani, and Giovanni Urga

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Copula-Based Tests for Cross-Sectional Independence in Panel Models, Chihwa Kao and Giovanni Urga

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The Truth about Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection., Mark V. Pauly

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Testing for Instability in Factor Structure of Yield Curves, Dennis Philip, Chihwa Kao, and Giovanni Urga

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The CFE Decision: A Cautionary Tale about the Use of Numbers, John Yinger

2006

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How the No Child Left Behind Act Punishes Schools with Disadvantaged Students, John Yinger

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How the No Child Left Behind Act Undermines Education Standards, John Yinger

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Money Matters in Education, John Yinger

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Labor Supply with Social Interactions: Econometric Estimates and Their Tax Policy Implications, Andrew Grodner and Thomas J. Kniesner

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Education Policy Should Not Be Based on Programs that Cannot Be Replicated, John Yinger

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Small Education Experiments Do Not Shed Much Light on Large Education Reforms, John Yinger

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Rejecting the 65-Percent Solution, John Yinger

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Making Things Worse, John Yinger

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County Characteristics and Poverty Spell Length, Andrew Grodner, John A. Bishop, and Thomas J. Kniesner

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Education Finance Reform and Property Tax Relief, John Yinger

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Eliminating STAR’s Unintended Consequences, John Yinger

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School Tax Credits, John Yinger

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Random effects and Spatial Autocorrelations with Equal Weights, Badi H. Baltagi

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Panel Unit Root Tests and Spatial Dependence, Badi H. Baltagi, Georges Bresson, and Alain Pirotte

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Rational Alcohol Addiction: Evidence from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey, Badi H. Baltagi and Ingo Geishecker

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Prediction in the Panel Data Model with Spatial Correlation: The Case of Liquor, Badi H. Baltagi and Dong Li

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Testing for Cointegrating Rank via Model Selection: Evidence from 165 Data Sets, Badi H. Baltagi and Zijun Wang

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Estimating Heterogeneous Capacity and Capacity Utilization in a Multi-Species Fishery, Ronald G. Felthoven, William C. Horrace, and Kurt E. Schnier

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Identifying Technically Efficient Fishing Vessels: A Non-Empty, Minimal Subset Approach, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, William Clinton Horrace, and Kurt E. Schnier

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Inter-Industry Gender Wage Gaps by Knowledge Intensity: Discrimination and Technology in Korea, William C. Horrace, Beyza P. Ural, and Jin Hwa Jung

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The Asymptotics for Panel Models with Common Shocks, Chihwa Kao, Lorenzo Trapani, and Giovanni Urga

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Pinning Down the Value of Statistical Life, Thomas J. Kniesner, W. Kip Viscusi, Christopher Woock, and James P. Ziliak

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Changing Economic Incentives in Long-Term Care, R. Tamara Konetzka

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How Will Declining Rates of Marriage Reshape Eligibility for Social Security?, Madonna Harrington Meyer, Douglas A. Wolf, and Christine L. Himes

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Estimating Heterogeneous Production in Fisheries, Kurt E. Schnier, Christopher M. Anderson, and William Clinton Horrace

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Variations Among Regions and Hospitals in Managing Chronic Illness: How Much Care Is Enough?, John E. Wennberg

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Stop STAR II!, John Yinger

2005

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Designing State Aid to Education in the Presence of Property Tax Exemptions Part 2, John Yinger

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Designing State Aid to Education in the Presence of Property Tax Exemptions Part 1, John Yinger

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Unintended Consequences of Property Tax Relief: New York's STAR Program, Tae Ho Eom, William Duncombe, and John Yinger

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Social Interactions in Labor Supply, Andrew Grodner and Thomas J. Kniesner

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Ranking Inequality: Applications of Multivariate Subset Selection, William C. Horrace, Joseph T. Marchand, and Timothy M. Smeeding

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How to Pay for Education Finance Reform, John Yinger

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School Finance Reform and Property Values, Part 2: Public Service Capitalization, John Yinger

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School Finance Reform and Property Values Part 1: Property Tax Capitalization, John Yinger

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School District Responses to State Aid Programs, John Yinger