The More the Merrier? : A Machine Learning Algorithm for Optimal Pooling of Panel Data /

We leverage insights from machine learning to optimize the tradeoff between bias and variance when estimating economic models using pooled datasets. Specifically, we develop a simple algorithm that estimates the similarity of economic structures across countries and selects the optimal pool of count...

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Autor Principal: Bolhuis, Marijn
Outros autores: Rayner, Brett
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2020.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2020/044
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Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF