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A Note on a Methodological Issue Pertaining to the Empirical Specification of the Probability of Crisis Initiation

  • Lisa J. Carlson und Raymond Dacey EMAIL logo
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 9. Dezember 2015

Abstract

This note examines a methodological issue pertaining to the empirical specification of the probability of crisis initiation. We show that the empirical specification of the probability of crisis initiation encounters an insurmountable methodological problem, and, by example, that the problem leads empirical researchers to incorrect conclusions regarding the relationship between regime type and crisis initiation, in particular.


Corresponding author: Raymond Dacey, College of Business and Economics, University of Idaho, ID, USA, E-mail:

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