Theory-driven choice models KANNAN SRINIVASAN GSTA, Carnegie-Mellon University (2008)
Wilfred Amaldoss, Patrick Bajari, Wes Hutchinson, Michael Katz, Michael Keane, Robert Meyer, ...
We explore issues in theory-driven choice modeling by focusing on partial-equilibrium models of dynamic structural demand with forward-looking decision-makers, full equilibrium models that integrate...
The M/M/1 queue is Bernoulli (2008)
Keane, Michael, O'Connell, Neil
The classical output theorem for the M/M/1 queue, due to Burke (1956), states that the departure process from a stationary M/M/1 queue, in equilibrium, has the same law as the arrivals process, that...
Abstract: We give a short proof of a strengthening of the Maximal Ergodic Theorem which also immediately yields the Pointwise Ergodic Theorem. Let (X, B, µ) be a probability space, T: X → X a...
Abstract: We give a short proof of a strengthening of the Maximal Ergodic Theorem which also immediately yields the Pointwise Ergodic Theorem. Let (X, B, µ) be a probability space, T: X → X a...
John Geweke, Daniel Houser, Michael Keane
Over the last decade econometric inference based on simulation techniques has become increasingly common, particularly for latent variable models. The reason is that such models often generate...
Evidence From The, Daniel Houser, Michael Keane, Kevin Mccabe
this paper is as follows: In section 2 we give some background on the literature on experimental analysis of behavior in complex decision problems. In section 3 we present our experimental design. In...
The Price Consideration Model of Brand Choice (2007)
Ching, Andrew, Erdem, Tulin, Keane, Michael
The workhorse brand choice models in marketing are the multinomial logit (MNL) and nested multinomial logit (NMNL). These models place strong restrictions on how brand share and purchase incidence...
A Characterization of the Morse Minimal Set up to Topological Conjugacy (2007)
Coven, Ethan M., Keane, Michael, LeMasurier, Michelle
We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for a dynamical system to be topologically conjugate to the Morse minimal set, the shift orbit closure of the Morse sequence, and conditions for...
Once were peripheral: creating media capacity in East Asia (2007)
Critical scholarship often views media concentration as an expression of corporate capitalism: that is, powerful media owned and supported by wealthy private interests. This paper is about critical...
Once were peripheral: creating media capacity in East Asia (2007)
Critical scholarship often views media concentration as an expression of corporate capitalism: that is, powerful media owned and supported by wealthy private interests. This paper is about critical...
Once were peripheral: creating media capacity in East Asia (2007)
Critical scholarship often views media concentration as an expression of corporate capitalism: that is, powerful media owned and supported by wealthy private interests. This paper is about critical...
The Visitors to Zero of Some Deterministic Random Walks (2006)
We study the asymptotic behaviour of the functions $${\Psi }_{n}\left(x\right)=\left\{1\le k\le n:{\phi }_{k}\left(x\right)=0\right\}$$ where $${\varphi }_{n}\left(x\right)={\sum }_{k=0}^{n-1}\phi...
Easy and nearly simultaneous proofs of the Ergodic Theorem and Maximal Ergodic Theorem (2006)
Keane, Michael, Petersen, Karl
We give a short proof of a strengthening of the Maximal Ergodic Theorem which also immediately yields the Pointwise Ergodic Theorem.
Every compact metric space that supports a positively expansive homeomorphism is finite (2006)
Coven, Ethan M., Keane, Michael
We give a simple proof of the title.
Ergodicity of the adic transformation on the Euler graph (2006)
Bailey, Sarah, Keane, Michael, Petersen, Karl, Salama, Ibrahim
The Euler graph has vertices labelled (n,k) for n=0,1,2,... and k=0,1,...,n, with k+1 edges from (n,k) to (n+1,k) and n-k+1 edges from (n,k) to (n+1,k+1). The number of paths from (0,0) to (n,k) is...
Plasma drug concentrations and physiological measures in 'dance party' participants (2006)
Irvine, Rodney James, Keane, Michael, Felgate, P., McCann, U., Callaghan, P., White, Jason Mark
The increasing use of (7) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in the setting of large dance parties (‘raves’) and clubs has been the source of some concern, because of potential acute...
Plasma drug concentrations and physiological measures in 'dance party' participants (2006)
Irvine, Rodney James, Keane, Michael, Felgate, P., McCann, U., Callaghan, P., White, Jason Mark
The increasing use of (7) 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in the setting of large dance parties (‘raves’) and clubs has been the source of some concern, because of potential acute...
"Copycat TV and new export routes in Asia and the Pacific" (2006)
Moran, Albert Joseph, Keane, Michael
Yes
Ergodicity of the adic transformation on the Euler graph (2006)
Sarah Bailey, Michael Keane, Karl Petersen, Ibrahim A. Salama, S. Bailey, M. Keane, ...
The Euler graph has vertices labelled (n,k) for n = 0,1,2,... and k = 0,1,...,n, with k + 1 edges from (n,k) to (n + 1,k) and n − k + 1 edges from (n,k) to (n + 1,k + 1). The number of paths from...
Smoothly mixing regressions (2006)
This paper extends the conventional Bayesian mixture of normals model by permitting state probabilities to depend on observed covariates. The dependence is captured by a simple multinomial probit...
(Re)presenting local content: program adaptation in Asia and the Pacific (2005)
Keane, Michael, Moran, Albert Joseph
Yes
Bayesian Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Conditional Distribution of Earnings of Men in (2005)
The United States, John Geweke, Michael Keane
This study develops practical methods for Bayesian nonparametric inference in regression models. The emphasis is on extending a nonparametric treatment of the regression function to the full...
(Re)presenting local content: program adaptation in Asia and the Pacific (2005)
Keane, Michael, Moran, Albert Joseph
This article looks at the increasing incidence of television format flows in the Asia-Pacific, and draws upon findings from a three-year, 11-country study. It argues that format activity is both a...
Television Across Asia: Television Industries, programme formats and globalization (2004)
Moran, Albert Joseph, Keane, Michael
No
Then � {f ∗ (f − λ) ≥ 0. (2004)
Michael Keane, Karl Petersen, Michael Keane, Karl Petersen
Let (X, B, µ) be a probability space, T: X → X a (possibly noninvertible) measure-preserving transformation, and f ∈ L 1 (X, B, µ). Let Akf = 1 k−1 � k j=0 fT j, f ∗ N = sup 1≤k≤N...
Daniel Houser, Michael Keane, Kevin McCabe
Different people may use different strategies, or decision rules, when solving complex decision problems. We provide a new Bayesian procedure for drawing inferences about the nature and number of...
Television Across Asia: Television Industries, programme formats and globalization (2004)
Moran, Albert Joseph, Keane, Michael
This book explores the trade in television programme formats, which is a crucially important ingredient in the globalization of culture, in Asia. It examines how much traffic there is in programme...
Nieuwenhuis, Maarten, Wills, Jacqueline, Gardiner, Jack, Sundström, Erik, Keane, Michael
The research reported in this article, carried out in the period 1995–1997, was part of a large‐scale project investigating the impact of soil cultivation/drainage practices upon...
Television, the market, and state management of culture in urban China (1998)
Alternate pages blank. Facsimile of the author's original dissertation. Includes bibliographical references.
Matthew Harris, Matthew Harris, Michael Keane, Michael Keane
Informatics, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands. Copies of these reports may be obtained from the bureau of the Faculty of Technical Mathematics and Informatics, Julianalaan 132, 2628 BL...
and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (1997)
This paper generalizes the normal probit model of dichotomous choice by introducing mixtures of normals distributions for the disturbance term. By mixing on both the mean and variance parameters and...
Alternative computational approaches to inference in the multinomial probit model
John Geweke, Michael Keane, David Runkle
This research compares several approaches to inference in the multinomial probit model, based on Monte-Carlo results for a seven choice model. The experiment compares the simulated maximum likelihood...
Identifying individual differences: An algorithm with application to Phineas Gage
Houser, Daniel, Bechara, Antoine, Keane, Michael, McCabe, Kevin, Smith, Vernon
Tülin Erdem, Kannan Srinivasan, Wilfred Amaldoss, Patrick Bajari, Hai Che, Teck Ho, ...
We explore issues in theory-driven choice modeling by focusing on partial-equilibrium models of dynamic structural demand with forward-looking decision-makers, full equilibrium models that integrate...
A Political Economy Model of Congressional Careers
Daniel Diermeier, Michael Keane, Antonio Merlo
Our main goal is to quantify the returns to a career in the United States Congress. We specify a dynamic model of career decisions of a member of Congress and estimate this model using a newly...
Measuring the employment effects of the rural renewal tax scheme
Keane M. J. and Garvey E. (2006) Measuring the employment effects of the Rural Renewal Tax Scheme, Regional Studies 40, 359--374. The paper presents evidence on the effectiveness of the Rural Renewal...
Testing the Mechanisms of Structural Models: The Case of the Mickey Mantle Effect
Hanming Fang, Michael Keane, Ahmed Khwaja,, Martin Salm, Dan Silverman
A Political Economy Model of Congressional Careers
Daniel Diermeier, Michael Keane, Antonio Merlo
Theories in political economy depend critically on assumptions about motivations of politicians. Our analysis starts from the premise that politicians, like other economic agents, are rational...
Daniel Houser, Michael Keane, Kevin McCabe
Different people may use different strategies, or decision rules, when solving complex decision problems. We provide a new Bayesian procedure for drawing inferences about the nature and number of...
A Political Economy Model of Congressional Careers
Daniel Diermeier, Michael Keane, Antonio Merlo
Theories in political economy depend critically on assumptions about motivations of politicians. Our analysis starts from the premise that politicians, like other economic agents, are rational...
A Political Economy Model of Congressional Careers: Supplementary Materiel
Daniel Diermeier, Michael Keane, Antonio Merlo
This paper contains additional details about the model in our paper “A Political Economy Model of Congressional Careers” (Diermeier, Keane and Merlo (2004)), as well as the computational methods...
Daniel Houser, Michael Keane, Kevin McCabe
It has been long recognized that different people may use different strategies, or decision rules, when playing games or dealing with other complex decision problems. We provide a new Bayesian...
HEURISTICS USED BY HUMANS WITH PREFRONTAL CORTEX DAMAGE: TOWARD AN EMPIRICAL MODEL OF PHINEAS GAGE
Daniel Houser, Kevin McCabe, Michael Keane, Antoine Bechara
In many research contexts it is necessary to group experimental subjects into behavioral “types.” Usually, this is done by pre-specifying a set of candidate decision-making heuristics and then...
Testing the Mechanisms of Structural Models: The Case of the Mickey Mantle Effect
Hanming Fang, Michael Keane, Ahmed Khwaja,, Martin Salm, Dan Silverman
Testing the Mechanisms of Structural Models: The Case of the Mickey Mantle Effect
Hanming Fang, Michael Keane, Ahmed Khwaja, Martin Salm, Dan Silverman
The impact of advertising on consumer price sensitivity in experience goods markets
Tülin Erdem, Michael Keane, Baohong Sun
Advertising, Consumer price sensitivity, Brand choice, M37, M31, D12,
Generalized Indirect Inference for Discrete Choice Models
This paper develops and implements a practical simulation-based method for estimating dynamic discrete choice models. The method, which can accommodate lagged dependent variables, serially correlated...
Computationally intensive methods for integration in econometrics
Geweke, John, Keane, Michael, J.J. Heckman, E.E. Leamer
Until recently, inference in many interesting models was precluded by the requirement of high dimensional integration. But dramatic increases in computer speed, and the recent development of new...
A Structural Model of Multiple Welfare Program Participation and Labor Supply.
Keane, Michael, Moffitt, Robert
Work on estimating the labor supply effects of high marginal tax rates in welfare programs has been hindered by the difficulty of estimating the effects of participation in multiple welfare programs...
Learning About Computers: An Analysis of Information Search and Technology Choice
Tülin Erdem, Michael Keane, T. Öncü, Judi Strebel
We estimate a dynamic model of how consumers learn about and choose between different brands of personal computers (PCs). To estimate the model, we use a panel data set that contains the search and...
A functional distance approach to regionalisation
Keane M. J. (1978) A functional distance approach to regionalisation, Reg. Studies 12, 379--386. The problem of regional delimitation can be viewed as the problem of how to aggregate subareas into...
The Significance of Spatial Dependencies in Small Area Income Determination Models
KEANE M. J. (1989) The significance of spatial dependencies in small area income determination models, Reg. Studies 23, 000--00. This paper uses a logit model of consumer spatial behaviour to derive...
Real Wages over the Business Cycle: Estimating the Impact of Heterogeneity with Micro Data.
Keane, Michael, Moffitt, Robert, Runkle, David
New evidence on the correlation between the cycle and the real wage is provided by using panel data to adjust for the aggregation cum selectivity bias that arises when those who move in and out of...
The Price Consideration Model of Brand Choice
Ching, Andrew, Erdem, Tulin, Keane, Michael
The workhorse brand choice models in marketing are the multinomial logit (MNL) and nested multinomial logit (NMNL). These models place strong restrictions on how brand share and purchase incidence...
Behavioral frontiers in choice modeling
Wiktor Adamowicz, David Bunch, Trudy Cameron, Benedict Dellaert, Michael Hanneman, Michael Keane, ...
Choice models, Choice processes, Behavioral theory,
Sources of Advantageous Selection: Evidence from the Medigap Insurance Market
Fang, Hanming, Keane, Michael, Silverman, Dan
We provide strong evidence of advantageous selection in the Medigap insurance market, and analyze its sources. Using Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) data, we find that, conditional on...
Managing Price Risk in a Changing Policy Environment: The Case of the EU Dairy Industry
O’Connor, Declan, Keane, Michael, Barnes, Edel
The EU dairy industry faces an unprecedented level of change. The anticipated removal of milk quotas and the move to a less restricted global trade environment will provide the industry with both...