Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Empirical Microeconomics

Edited by Nigar Hashimzade, Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, Brunel University London and Michael A. Thornton, Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics and Related Studies, University of York, UK

• Contents:Introduction to the Handbook of Research Methods and Applicationsin Empirical Microeconomics ixNigar Hashimzade and Michael A. ThorntonPART I ECONOMETRIC METHODS IN MICROECONOMICS1 Linear dynamic panel data models 2Ryo Okui2 Spatial autoregressive nonlinear models in R with an empiricalapplication in labour economics 23Anna Gloria Billé3 Econometric analyses of auctions: a selective review 42Tong Li and Xiaoyong Zheng4 An introduction to flexible methods for policy evaluation 82Martin HuberPART II HOUSEHOLDS, BUSINESSES AND SOCIETIES5 Econometric models of fertility 113Alfonso Miranda and Pravin K. Trivedi6 Measuring discrimination in the labour market 155Emmanuel Duguet7 Microeconomic models for designing and evaluating tax-transfer systems 195Ugo Colombino8 Bounds on counterfactuals in semiparametric discrete-choice models 223Khai X. Chiong, Yu-Wei Hsieh and Matthew Shum9 Bank performance analysis 238Natalya Zelenyuk and Valentin Zelenyuk10 Empirical methods in social epidemiology 280Christopher F. BaumPART III POLICY EVALUATION AND CAUSALITY11 Policy evaluation using causal inference methods 294Denis Fougère and Nicolas Jacquemet12 Regression discontinuity designs in policy evaluation 325Otávio Bartalotti, Marinho Bertanha and Sebastian Calonico13 Measuring the effect of health events in the labour market 359Emmanuel DuguetPART IV NETWORKS AND BIG DATA IN MICROECONOMICS14 Exploring social media: Twitteronomics and beyond 388Tho Pham, Piotr Śpiewanowski and Oleksandr Talavera15 Econometrics of networks with limited access to network data: aliterature survey 416Pedro C.L. Souza16 Machine learning for causal inference: estimating heterogeneoustreatment effects 438Vishalie Shah, Noemi Kreif and Andrew M. JonesPART V STATA AND R IN MICROECONOMETRIC APPLICATIONS17 Stochastic frontier analysis in Stata: using existing and coding new commands 489Oleg Badunenko18 Modern R workflow and tools for microeconometric data analysis 518Giovanni Baiocchi19 Robust inference in panel data microeconometrics, using R 564Giovanni Millo20 Econometric estimation of the “Constant Elasticity of Substitution”function in R: the micEconCES package 596Arne Henningsen, Géraldine Henningsen and Gergő LiterátiIndex 641