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While trying a model GAMS code, i'm getting an error message "Domain Violation Set". I checked the equation codes are correct, but find no clue on the error. Any clarifications? Thanks.
05 May 2019 7,631 1 View
Dear all, As per theory, wage setting occurs based on marginal/average labor productivity. Taking national aggregates of labor & capital, it stands that marginal and average productivity is...
03 March 2018 8,841 3 View
What are the pre-requisites for learning SAM construction & CGE modelling? Are there some not-so-technical texts for it?
10 October 2017 3,848 3 View
Hi all, Either for a cross-section or for a time-series of output observations, how to obtain potential levels of output so that one can estimate the output gap? Are there some simple or more...
12 December 2016 2,312 3 View
Dear all, I wish to understand the links between health outcome and income per-capita. In this regard, i wish to go through some literature establishing theoretical and empirical relation among...
07 July 2016 7,544 0 View
Hi all, It is believed in general that terms of trade in favor of agriculture reduces poverty levels, particularly in Rural India. Increase in price levels in agricultural goods should affect in...
02 February 2016 6,571 5 View
Hi all, I have the equations where Y1 & y2 are dummies (binary). What is the method that i can use to solve? Y1 = Y2 + x1 + x2 Y2 = x3 + x4. Note that Y1 & Y2 are dummies. I cant able to...
02 February 2015 5,729 2 View
How can i find Atkinson's Index for different quintiles? Would that provide additional information than the index of the overall data?
01 January 2015 7,574 7 View
Other than the conventional BCR,NPV,IRR and Economic Surplus methods, what are other kinds/methods that one could use in assessing the benefits of a scheme/programme?
01 January 2015 5,289 19 View
Dear all, Option-1: land productivity = value of output / ha of Gross Cropped Area Option-2: land productivity = value of output / ha of Net Sown Area To measure land productivity of a "STATE"...
11 November 2014 5,987 2 View
Hi all, I'm studying the poverty status of states in different NSS years. Can someone suggest some "SIMPLE" measures to identify the "cluster of states" in a scatter, so that i can identify the...
11 November 2014 8,294 3 View
Hi all, I'm interested in marking employment status for all (626) Indian districts, in STATA. I'm trying to get the shape file and is currently inaccessible. It will be of great help if some...
10 October 2014 6,967 7 View
I'm starting working with NSS-Employment & Unemployment Survey-Unit level data. This is totally new to me. If some of you have experience, i wish to discuss on some details on "estimation"...
09 September 2014 5,225 1 View
In Quandt-Andrews unknown break point test, there are 3 common critical values to decide the significance of obtained break point, viz., MaxF, ExpF and AveF. Would MaxF is enough to decide...
08 August 2014 7,576 8 View
Does "Galton's Fallacy" refer just the regression towards mean? In context of convergence theory, do negative sign in regressing growth against initial income and a positive sign in regressing...
07 July 2014 5,258 3 View
Food production around the world does not seem to be in proportion with the population size. For example africa, a resource rich continent deals with hunger and subsidy based agriculture while...
06 June 2014 7,382 10 View
Area expansion in Indian agriculture stopped long ago. With declining yields in major crops like rice and wheat, could cultivable waste lands be absorbed in it? If so, could it be reproduced for...
05 May 2014 1,978 2 View
In a simple time series regression, say Yt = f (Xt), if presence of either +ve/-ve autocorrelation is found, how could one correct for it "WITHOUT DATA TRANSFORMATION"? Would "Prais-Winsten method...
05 May 2014 6,012 4 View
Increase in income per capita over time associated with welfare gains of economic growth is believed to cause an economy to shift its dietary pattern towards high value agricultural commodities...
05 May 2014 1,990 8 View
Which macroeconomic variables could/would best explain the changes in land use and cropping pattern in agriculture? Factors like nearness to market, access to credit, family income are...
04 April 2014 9,202 6 View
I wish to fit a "Least Trimmed Squares" regression to my annual time-series data. Could someone assist me to employ it in STATA / R? If better methods are available, can you provide some ideas?
03 March 2014 2,407 1 View
Can someone suggest some "basic" articles (non-mathematical explanation) on Vector Auto-Regression models? I have some text-books in econometrics like Damodar Gujarati, Greene, but these are not...
02 February 2014 8,018 15 View
Many papers discuss 'least median squares' or 'least trimmed squares' but could anyone suggest a simple procedure? Is box-plot based determination really worthwhile for time-series?
01 January 2014 9,437 22 View
