Andrew Reynolds
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198295105
- eISBN:
- 9780191600128
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198295103.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Democratization
This is the second of four chapters that discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the research on democratization in southern Africa that is described in the book, as well as providing qualitative ...
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This is the second of four chapters that discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the research on democratization in southern Africa that is described in the book, as well as providing qualitative discussions of democracy in the five country case studies used: Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It first defines the intervening variable of ‘inclusion’, which is described as key to the explanation of how conflicts are best managed within divided societies, and discusses its relationship to the macro-institutional explanatory (independent) variables used in the study. It then defines and describes how to measure each of the explanatory variables used: electoral system type; democratic type (coalitions and grand coalitions – consensual– versus concentrations of executive power; fusion – majoritarian – or separation of executive and legislative powers; unicameralism or bicameralism; type of party system; issues dimensions of partisan conflict; unitary versus federal government; constitutions, minority vetoes, and judicial review); and executive type (presidential or parliamentary). The data obtained for each country are discussed, compared, and summarised in tables.Less
This is the second of four chapters that discusses the theoretical underpinnings of the research on democratization in southern Africa that is described in the book, as well as providing qualitative discussions of democracy in the five country case studies used: Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It first defines the intervening variable of ‘inclusion’, which is described as key to the explanation of how conflicts are best managed within divided societies, and discusses its relationship to the macro-institutional explanatory (independent) variables used in the study. It then defines and describes how to measure each of the explanatory variables used: electoral system type; democratic type (coalitions and grand coalitions – consensual– versus concentrations of executive power; fusion – majoritarian – or separation of executive and legislative powers; unicameralism or bicameralism; type of party system; issues dimensions of partisan conflict; unitary versus federal government; constitutions, minority vetoes, and judicial review); and executive type (presidential or parliamentary). The data obtained for each country are discussed, compared, and summarised in tables.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804772624
- eISBN:
- 9780804777209
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804772624.003.0014
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Econometrics
This chapter shows that the addition of a second explanatory variable in Chapter 11 adds only four new things to what there is to know about regression. First, regression uses only the parts of each ...
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This chapter shows that the addition of a second explanatory variable in Chapter 11 adds only four new things to what there is to know about regression. First, regression uses only the parts of each variable that are unrelated to all of the other variables. Second, omitting a variable from the sample relationship that appears in the population relationship almost surely biases our estimates. Third, including an irrelevant variable does not bias estimates but reduces their precision. Fourth, the number of interesting joint tests increases with the number of slopes. All four remain valid when we add additional explanatory variables.Less
This chapter shows that the addition of a second explanatory variable in Chapter 11 adds only four new things to what there is to know about regression. First, regression uses only the parts of each variable that are unrelated to all of the other variables. Second, omitting a variable from the sample relationship that appears in the population relationship almost surely biases our estimates. Third, including an irrelevant variable does not bias estimates but reduces their precision. Fourth, the number of interesting joint tests increases with the number of slopes. All four remain valid when we add additional explanatory variables.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804772624
- eISBN:
- 9780804777209
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804772624.003.0012
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Econometrics
This chapter begins by deriving the variances of the slopes from a given equation. These are used first to address the issue of multicollinearity. It then turns to the issue of interpreting ...
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This chapter begins by deriving the variances of the slopes from a given equation. These are used first to address the issue of multicollinearity. It then turns to the issue of interpreting regression results. The slopes obtained when the sum of squared errors for the regression of the same equation is minimized are best linear unbiased (BLU) estimates of the population coefficients. If the population relationship includes two explanatory variables, the precision of these slopes depends heavily on the extent to which the two explanatory variables are related. Including an irrelevant variable is inefficient, but does not create bias. Everything that was done in Chapters 8 through 10 holds with two explanatory variables, either exactly or with minor, sensible extensions.Less
This chapter begins by deriving the variances of the slopes from a given equation. These are used first to address the issue of multicollinearity. It then turns to the issue of interpreting regression results. The slopes obtained when the sum of squared errors for the regression of the same equation is minimized are best linear unbiased (BLU) estimates of the population coefficients. If the population relationship includes two explanatory variables, the precision of these slopes depends heavily on the extent to which the two explanatory variables are related. Including an irrelevant variable is inefficient, but does not create bias. Everything that was done in Chapters 8 through 10 holds with two explanatory variables, either exactly or with minor, sensible extensions.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804772624
- eISBN:
- 9780804777209
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804772624.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Econometrics
This chapter shows that if the population relationship includes two explanatory variables, but the sample regression contains only one, then the estimate of the effect of the included variable is ...
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This chapter shows that if the population relationship includes two explanatory variables, but the sample regression contains only one, then the estimate of the effect of the included variable is almost surely biased. The best remedy is to include the omitted variable in the sample regression. Minimizing the sum of squared errors from a regression with two explanatory variables yields two slopes, each of which represents the relationship between the parts of the dependent variable and the associated explanatory variable that are not related to the other explanatory variable. These slopes are unbiased estimators of the population coefficients.Less
This chapter shows that if the population relationship includes two explanatory variables, but the sample regression contains only one, then the estimate of the effect of the included variable is almost surely biased. The best remedy is to include the omitted variable in the sample regression. Minimizing the sum of squared errors from a regression with two explanatory variables yields two slopes, each of which represents the relationship between the parts of the dependent variable and the associated explanatory variable that are not related to the other explanatory variable. These slopes are unbiased estimators of the population coefficients.
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804772624
- eISBN:
- 9780804777209
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804772624.003.0015
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Econometrics
The previous chapters focused on how one or more explanatory variables contributed to the value of a dependent variable. It was assumed that the dependent variable was continuous and reported with ...
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The previous chapters focused on how one or more explanatory variables contributed to the value of a dependent variable. It was assumed that the dependent variable was continuous and reported with precision. However, this is not the case for all dependent variables. Suppose the outcome in which we are interested is not continuous or, at least, is not measured continuously. How can we identify the extent to which such outcomes depend on their determinants? This chapter introduces methods that can be used for this purpose. The dependent variables of interest here are categorical rather than continuous. Their outcomes are categories, such as employed or not employed, a college graduate or not a college graduate, a union member or not a union member, rather than quantities. These dependent variables are also discrete because their possible outcomes are distinct from each other in character rather than varying in quantity alone.Less
The previous chapters focused on how one or more explanatory variables contributed to the value of a dependent variable. It was assumed that the dependent variable was continuous and reported with precision. However, this is not the case for all dependent variables. Suppose the outcome in which we are interested is not continuous or, at least, is not measured continuously. How can we identify the extent to which such outcomes depend on their determinants? This chapter introduces methods that can be used for this purpose. The dependent variables of interest here are categorical rather than continuous. Their outcomes are categories, such as employed or not employed, a college graduate or not a college graduate, a union member or not a union member, rather than quantities. These dependent variables are also discrete because their possible outcomes are distinct from each other in character rather than varying in quantity alone.
Raj Chari
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- June 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199658312
- eISBN:
- 9780191798214
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658312.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
Offering models to guide the book’s empirical investigation (in Chapters 3, 4, and 5), this chapter outlines the explanatory variables (factors) that may explain why a firm becomes an Alpha or a ...
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Offering models to guide the book’s empirical investigation (in Chapters 3, 4, and 5), this chapter outlines the explanatory variables (factors) that may explain why a firm becomes an Alpha or a Beta. The first includes the firm’s economic conditions when initially sold and the role of the state during privatization. The second includes factors of influence after privatization, highlighting two broad categories. First are those internal to the firm: the firm’s competitiveness, the managers’ goals, and the role of the shareholders. Second are those more political factors external to the firm: the impact of liberalization; the roles of states in crafting M&A; regulatory decisions on deals; and firm lobbying. The chapter closes by outlining the methods of analysis used in the empirical chapters to determine whether or not a firm is an Alpha or a Beta and to gauge which of the factors are of salience.Less
Offering models to guide the book’s empirical investigation (in Chapters 3, 4, and 5), this chapter outlines the explanatory variables (factors) that may explain why a firm becomes an Alpha or a Beta. The first includes the firm’s economic conditions when initially sold and the role of the state during privatization. The second includes factors of influence after privatization, highlighting two broad categories. First are those internal to the firm: the firm’s competitiveness, the managers’ goals, and the role of the shareholders. Second are those more political factors external to the firm: the impact of liberalization; the roles of states in crafting M&A; regulatory decisions on deals; and firm lobbying. The chapter closes by outlining the methods of analysis used in the empirical chapters to determine whether or not a firm is an Alpha or a Beta and to gauge which of the factors are of salience.
Andy Hector
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198729051
- eISBN:
- 9780191795855
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198729051.003.0004
- Subject:
- Biology, Biomathematics / Statistics and Data Analysis / Complexity Studies, Ecology
This chapter extends the use of linear models to relationships with continuous explanatory variables, in other words, linear regression. The goal of the worked example (on wood hardness data) given ...
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This chapter extends the use of linear models to relationships with continuous explanatory variables, in other words, linear regression. The goal of the worked example (on wood hardness data) given in detail in this chapter is prediction, not hypothesis testing. Confidence intervals and prediction intervals are explained. Graphical approaches to checking the assumptions of linear model analysis are explored in further detail. The effects of transformations on linearity, normality, and equality of variance are investigated.Less
This chapter extends the use of linear models to relationships with continuous explanatory variables, in other words, linear regression. The goal of the worked example (on wood hardness data) given in detail in this chapter is prediction, not hypothesis testing. Confidence intervals and prediction intervals are explained. Graphical approaches to checking the assumptions of linear model analysis are explored in further detail. The effects of transformations on linearity, normality, and equality of variance are investigated.
Wolfgang C. Müller and Paul W. Thurner (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198747031
- eISBN:
- 9780191809309
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198747031.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics
This chapter discusses structural, institutional, and situational factors that exercise influence on nuclear energy policy decisions. It reviews the respective literatures and introduces the ...
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This chapter discusses structural, institutional, and situational factors that exercise influence on nuclear energy policy decisions. It reviews the respective literatures and introduces the dependent variable, i.e. nuclear energy policy reversals. Building in particular on the work of Kitschelt (1986) and Midttun and Rucht (1994), the chapter then discusses the explanatory variables that potentially drive such changes: anti-nuclear movements, public opinion, the systems’ electoral and federal openness, political parties’ vote-seeking, principled ideological goals, or office-seeking, new policy challenges in terms of energy policy and climate change concerns, nuclear accidents, and path dependence due to the countries investment in nuclear energy. Hypotheses are formulated for how these factors impact nuclear energy policy-making.Less
This chapter discusses structural, institutional, and situational factors that exercise influence on nuclear energy policy decisions. It reviews the respective literatures and introduces the dependent variable, i.e. nuclear energy policy reversals. Building in particular on the work of Kitschelt (1986) and Midttun and Rucht (1994), the chapter then discusses the explanatory variables that potentially drive such changes: anti-nuclear movements, public opinion, the systems’ electoral and federal openness, political parties’ vote-seeking, principled ideological goals, or office-seeking, new policy challenges in terms of energy policy and climate change concerns, nuclear accidents, and path dependence due to the countries investment in nuclear energy. Hypotheses are formulated for how these factors impact nuclear energy policy-making.
