Publications

by members of

Department of Economics
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Blacksburg, Virginia (United States)

Working papers

2009

1. Yu-chin Chen & Kwok Ping Tsang, 2009. "What Does the Yield Curve Tell Us About Exchange Rate Predictability?," Working Papers UWEC-2009-04, University of Washington, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Yu-chin Chen & Kwok Ping Tsang, 2009. "What Does the Yield Curve Tell Us About Exchange Rate Predictability?," Working Papers e07-15, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2008

1. Richard Startz & Kwok Ping Tsang, 2008. "Non-Exponential Discounting: A Direct Test," Working Papers UWEC-2008-25, University of Washington, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Kwok Ping Tsang, 2008. "Forecasting Consumption Growth with the Real Term Structure," Working Papers e07-14, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Richard Startz & Kwok Ping Tsang, 2008. "Non-Exponential Discounting: A Direct Test," Working Papers e07-16, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Diego Restuccia & Dennis Tao Yang & Xiaodong Zhu, 2007. "Agriculture and Aggregate Productivity: A Quantitative Cross-Country Analysis," Working Papers e07-3, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Dennis Tao Yang, 2007. "China's Agricultural Crisis and Famine of 1959-61: A Survey and Comparison to Soviet Famines," Working Papers e07-4, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, 2007. "Poverty, Inequality, and Populist Politics in Iran," Working Papers e07-1, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani & Daniel Egel, 2007. "Youth Exclusion in Iran: The State of Education, Employment and Family Formation," Working Papers e07-2, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Bieri, David, 2007. "The Transformation Problem: A Tale of Two Interpretations," MPRA Paper 3895, University Library of Munich, Germany. [Downloadable!]
6. Shelly Lundberg & Jennifer Romich & Kwok Ping Tsang, 2007. "Independence Giving or Autonomy Taking? Childhood Predictors of Decision-Making Patterns Between Young Adolescents and Parents," Working Papers UWEC-2007-23, University of Washington, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
7. Shelly Lundberg & Jennifer Romich & Kwok Ping Tsang, 2007. "Decision Making By Children," Working Papers UWEC-2007-24, University of Washington, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
8. Richard Startz & Kwok Ping Tsang, 2007. "The Yield Curve through Time and Across Maturities," Working Papers UWEC-2007-05, University of Washington, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2006

1. Richard A. Ashley., 2006. "Growth May Be Good for the Poor, But Decline is Disastrous: On the Non-Robustness of the Dollar-Kraay "Growth is Good for the Poor" Result," Working Papers e06-8, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Richard A. Ashley., 2006. "Assessing the Credibility of Instrumental Variables Inference With Imperfect Instruments Via Sensitivity Analysis," Working Papers e06-9, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
3. Richard A. Ashley. & Randall J. Verbrugge., 2006. "Mis-Specification and Frequency Dependence in a New Keynesian Phillips Curve," Working Papers e06-12, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
4. Richard A. Ashley & Randall J. Verbrugge., 2006. "Mis-Specification in Phillips Curve Regressions: Quantifying Frequency Dependence in This Relationship While Allowing for Feedback," Working Papers e06-11, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Richard A. Ashley., 2006. "Beyond Optimal Forecasting," Working Papers e06-10, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
6. Richard A. Ashley. & Randall J. Verbrugge, 2006. "Frequency Dependence in Regression Model Coefficients: An Alternative Approach for Modeling Nonlinear Dynamic Relationships in Time Series," Working Papers e06-7, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
7. Marenglen Marku & Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, 2006. "Reversal of fortunes: a cohort analysis of lifetime earnings in Iran," Working Papers e06-1, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
8. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, 2006. "Revolution and redistribution in Iran: poverty and inequality 25 years later," Working Papers e06-3, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
9. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani & Hania Kamel, 2006. "Demographic Swings and Early Childhood Education in Iran," Working Papers e06-2, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
10. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, 2006. "Iran's Third Development Plan: A reappraisal," Working Papers e06-4, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
11. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani & Russell D. Murphy, 2006. "Labor market flexibility and investment in human capital," Working Papers e06-5, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
12. Bieri, David, 2006. "Picking a Winner? Evidence from the Non-Manufacturing High-Tech Industry in the Blacksburg MSA," MPRA Paper 1079, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 06 Dec 2006. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. David S. Bieri & Ludwig B. Chincarini, 2004. "Riding the Yield Curve: Diversification of Strategies," Finance 0410002, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]
2. David S. Bieri, 2004. "The Basel Process and Financial Stability," Macroeconomics 0412001, EconWPA. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Diego Restuccia & Dennis Tao Yang & Xiaodong Zhu, 2003. "Agriculture and Aggregate Productivity: A Quantitative Cross-Country Analysis," Working Papers diegor-03-01, University of Toronto, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

2001

1. An, Mark Yuying & Li, Wei & Yang, Dennis Tao, 2001. "China's Great Leap: Forward or Backward? Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster," CEPR Discussion Papers 2824, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Yang, Dennis Tao & Zhu, Xiaodong, 2000. "Economic Structural Change and Family Investments in Children," Working Papers 00-20, Duke University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Yang, Dennis Tao, 2000. "Education and Allocative Efficiency: Household Income Growth during Rural Reforms in China," Working Papers 00-17, Duke University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

1997

1. Yang, Dennis T. & An, Mark Yuying, 1997. "Human Capital, Entrereneurship, and Farm Household Earnings," Working Papers 97-03, Duke University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
2. Yang, Dennis T. & Hao Zhou, 1997. "Rural-Urban Disparity and Sectoral Labor Allocation in China," Working Papers 97-02, Duke University, Department of Economics.

1995

1. Yang, Dennis T., 1995. "Education in Production: Measuring Labor Quality and Management," Working Papers 95-56, Duke University, Department of Economics.
2. Justin Yifu Lin & Yang, Dennis, 1995. "Food Availability, Entitlement and the Chinese Famine of 1959-61," Working Papers 95-24, Duke University, Department of Economics.
3. Yang, Dennis, 1995. "Education and Off-Farm Work," Working Papers 95-09, Duke University, Department of Economics.

Journal articles

2009

1. Richard Ashley & Randal Verbrugge, 2009. "Frequency Dependence in Regression Model Coefficients: An Alternative Approach for Modeling Nonlinear Dynamic Relationships in Time Series," Econometric Reviews, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 28(1-3), pages 4-20. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Elena Rusticelli & Richard Ashley & Estela Bee Dagum & Douglas Patterson, 2009. "A New Bispectral Test for NonLinear Serial Dependence," Econometric Reviews, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 28(1-3), pages 279-293. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, 2009. "Poverty, inequality, and populist politics in Iran," Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 5-28, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Ashley, Richard, 2008. "Growth may be good for the poor, but decline is disastrous: On the non-robustness of the Dollar-Kraay result," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 333-338. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Dennis Tao Yang, 2008. "China's Agricultural Crisis and Famine of 1959–1961: A Survey and Comparison to Soviet Famines," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan Journals, vol. 50(1), pages 1-29, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Restuccia, Diego & Yang, Dennis Tao & Zhu, Xiaodong, 2008. "Agriculture and aggregate productivity: A quantitative cross-country analysis," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(2), pages 234-250, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Ashley, Richard A. & Patterson, Douglas M., 2006. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of State-Switching Time Series Models for U.S. Real Output," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 24, pages 266-277, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ashley, Richard & Verbrugge, Randal J., 2006. "Comments on "A critical investigation on detrending procedures for nonlinear processes"," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 192-194, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Belton M. Fleisher & Dennis Tao Yang, 2006. "Problems of China's Rural Labor Markets and Rural-Urban Migration," Chinese Economy, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., vol. 39(3), pages 6-25, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Yang, Dennis Tao, 2005. "Determinants of schooling returns during transition: Evidence from Chinese cities," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 244-264, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Wei Li & Dennis Tao Yang, 2005. "The Great Leap Forward: Anatomy of a Central Planning Disaster," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 113(4), pages 840-877, August.

2004

1. Dennis Tao Yang & Dandan Chen, 2004. "Transformations in China's population policies and demographic structure," Pacific Economic Review, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 9(3), pages 269-290, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Tao Yang, Dennis, 2004. "Education and allocative efficiency: household income growth during rural reforms in China," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 74(1), pages 137-162, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Joseph C. Pitt & Djavad Salehi-Isfahani & Douglas Eckel, 2004. "Introduction," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 63(1), pages 1-18, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2003

1. Ashley, Richard, 2003. "Statistically significant forecasting improvements: how much out-of-sample data is likely necessary?," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 229-239. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Fleischer, Belton M. & Yang, Dennis T., 2003. "Labor laws and regulations in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 14(4), pages 426-433. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2002

1. Yang, Dennis Tao, 2002. "What has caused regional inequality in China?," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 331-334, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Yang, Dennis Tao & An, Mark Yuying, 2002. "Human capital, entrepreneurship, and farm household earnings," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 65-88, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2000

1. Marjorie McElroy & Dennis Tao Yang, 2000. "Carrots and Sticks: Fertility Effects of China's Population Policies," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 90(2), pages 389-392, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Lin, Justin Yifu & Yang, Dennis Tao, 2000. "Food Availability, Entitlements and the Chinese Famine of 1959-61," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(460), pages 136-58, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1999

1. Tan, Hui Boon & Ashley, Richard, 1999. "Detection And Modeling Of Regression Parameter Variation Across Frequencies," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(01), pages 69-83, March. [Downloadable!]
2. Dennis Tao Yang, 1999. "Urban-Biased Policies and Rising Income Inequality in China," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(2), pages 306-310, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1998

1. Ashley, Richard, 1998. "A new technique for postsample model selection and validation," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 22(5), pages 647-665, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Lin, Justin Yifu & Yang, Dennis Tao, 1998. "On the causes of China's agricultural crisis and the great leap famine," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 9(2), pages 125-140. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1997

1. Yang, Dennis Tao, 1997. "Education and Off-Farm Work," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 45(3), pages 613-32, April.
2. Tao Yang, Dennis, 1997. "China's land arrangements and rural labor mobility," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 101-115. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1993

1. Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, 1993. "Population pressure, intensification of agriculture, and rural-urban migration," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 371-384, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1990

1. Ashley, Richard, 1990. "Shrinkage Estimation with General Loss Functions: An Application of Stochastic Dominance Theory," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 31(2), pages 301-13, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ashley, Richard & Patterson, Douglas, 1990. "A Nonparametric Distribution-Free Test for Serial Independence in Stock Returns: A Comment," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(03), pages 417-418, September. [Downloadable!]

1989

1. Ashley, Richard A & Patterson, Douglas M, 1989. "Linear versus Nonlinear Macroeconomies: A Statistical Test," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 30(3), pages 685-704, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, 1989. "Oil Exports, Real Exchange Rate Appreciation, and Demand for Imports in Nigeria," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 37(3), pages 495-512, April.
3. Esfahani, Hadi S & Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, 1989. "Effort Observability and Worker Productivity: Towards an Explanation of Economic Dualism," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 99(397), pages 818-36, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Jacques Crémer & Djavad Salehi-isfahani, 1989. "The Rise and Fall of Oil Prices: a Competitive View," Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, ADRES, issue 15-16, pages 20, Juillet-D. [Downloadable!]

1988

1. Ashley, Richard, 1988. "On the relative worth of recent macroeconomic forecasts," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 4(3), pages 363-376. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, 1988. "Technology and preferences in the Boserup model of agricultural growth," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(2), pages 175-191, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1987

1. Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, 1987. "On the Generalization of the Boserup Model: Some Clarifications," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 35(4), pages 875-81, July.

1986

1. Ashley, Richard & Vaughan, David, 1986. "Measuring Measurement Error in Economic Time Series," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 4(1), pages 95-103, January.
2. Ashley, Richard A. & Patterson, Douglas M., 1986. "A Nonparametric, Distribution-Free Test for Serial Independence in Stock Returns," Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 21(02), pages 221-227, June. [Downloadable!]
3. Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, 1986. "Oil supply and economic development strategy : A dynamic planning approach," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 1-23, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1985

1. Ashley, Richard A & Orr, Daniel, 1985. "Further Results on Inventories and Price Stickiness," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 75(5), pages 964-75, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ashley, Richard, 1985. "On the Optimal Use of Suboptimal Forecasts of Explanatory Variables," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 3(2), pages 129-31, April.

1984

1. Ashley, Richard, 1984. "A Simple Test for Regression Parameter Instability," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 22(2), pages 253-68, April.
2. Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, 1984. "Socialist models of development : Charles K. Wilber and Kenneth P. Jameson, eds., (Pergamon, Oxford) pp. 803-1043," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 16(1-2), pages 207-212. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1981

1. Ashley, Richard, 1981. "Inflation and the Distribution of Price Changes across Markets: A Causal Analysis," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 19(4), pages 650-60, October.

1980

1. Ashley, R & Granger, C W J & Schmalensee, R, 1980. "Advertising and Aggregate Consumption: An Analysis of Causality," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 48(5), pages 1149-67, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ashley, Richard A., 1980. "Wages and profits: A comment," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 2(4), pages 365-372. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1979

1. Ashley, Richard, 1979. "Postponed linear approximations and adaptive control with non-quadratic losses," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 347-359, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ashley, Richard A. & Granger, Clive W. J., 1979. "Time series analysis of residuals from the St. Louis model," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 1(4), pages 373-394. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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