Empirical Econometric Evaluation of Alternative Methods of Dealing with Missing Values in Investment Climate Surveys

Empirical Econometric Evaluation of Alternative Methods of Dealing with Missing Values in Investment Climate Surveys

Investment climate Surveys are valuable instruments that improve our understanding of the economic, social, political, and institutional factors determining economic growth, particularly in emerging and transition economies. However, at the same ti...

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Main Authors:	Escribano, Alvaro, Pena, Jorge, Guasch, J. Luis
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ALGORITHMS BENCHMARK BIASES BOOTSTRAP BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CLASSIFICATION CLASSIFYING CLUSTERING COMPETITIVENESS COMPUTATION CUSTOMS DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS E-MAIL ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ELECTRICITY ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUATIONS EQUIPMENT EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORTS FOREIGN CURRENCY IMPUTATION METHOD IMPUTATION PROCESS INDEPENDENT VARIABLES INNOVATION INSPECTIONS INTANGIBLE ASSETS LICENSE LINEAR REGRESSION MANUFACTURING MARKET SHARE MARKETING MATRICES MATRIX MEASUREMENT ERRORS MISSING DATA MISSING OBSERVATIONS MISSING VALUE MISSING VALUES MULTIPLE IMPUTATION MULTIPLE IMPUTATIONS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY NORMAL DISTRIBUTIONS OUTLIERS OUTSOURCING PRIVATE SECTOR PROBABILITY PROBABILITY MODELS PRODUCT INNOVATION PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLISHING R&D RANDOM SAMPLING REGRESSION ANALYSIS RESEARCHER RESEARCHERS RESULT RESULTS SAMPLE SELECTION SAMPLE SIZE SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD ERRORS STATISTICAL ANALYSES STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL METHODS STATISTICIANS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRANSITION ECONOMIES USES VALIDITY WEB WEB PAGE
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100623140811 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3832

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