There is a ")" at the end of the link. I suspect that is what is causing the
trouble. Try:
http://www.unc.edu/the/the002.pdf
sarah
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002 15:55:15 -0400 Owen Abbe <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I try to open the file
> (http://www.unc.edu/the/the002.pdf) using
> Adobe Acrobat 5.0, I get an error and the
> document does not load.
>
> Owen
>
>
>
> Owen Abbe, Research Fellow
> Center for American Politics and Citizenship
> University of Maryland
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>
> >>> [email protected] 08/20/02 03:53PM >>>
> Although applied economists often estimate
> interaction terms to infer
> how the effect of one
> independent variable on the dependent variable
> depends on the magnitude
> of another independent
> variable, most researchers misinterpret the
> coefficient in nonlinear
> models. The magnitude of the
> interaction effect does not equal the marginal
> effect of the
> interaction term, can be of opposite
> sign, and its statistical significance is not
> calculated by standard
> software. I have written a
> paper with Chunrong Ai called "Interaction
> terms in nonlinear models"
> in which we present the correct
> way to estimate the magnitude and standard
> errors of the interaction
> effect in nonlinear models,
> including the widely used log transformation
> model with unknown error
> distribution.
>
> You can find a copy of this working paper at
> www.unc.edu/the/THE_WPS.htm
>
> Edward Norton
> Associate Professor
> UNC at Chapel Hill
>
>
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:11:57 -0400
> > From: [email protected]
> > Subject: st: Does your academic discipline
> use logit regressions with
> interaction terms?
> >
> > Hi, does your academic discipline typically
> use logit (or probit)
> > regressions with interaction terms? If so,
> then you may be able to
> help
> > me.
> >
> > I am an academic in finance. There is a
> branch of research on
> > management turnover in the finance literature
> that analyzes the
> > sensitivity of turnover to performance, i.e.
> how badly does a firm
> need
> > to perform before the CEO is asked to leave
> (a particularly timely
> > question these days!) Often, the emphasis is
> on comparing two
> > "types" of firms to see when turnover is most
> sensitive to
> performance.
> > For example, firms might be sorted into two
> groups based on
> > characteristics of the board of directors,
> the people responsible
> for
> > supervising the CEO.
> >
> > In general, participants in this literature
> estimate logit
> regressions
> > where turnover=f(performance, type,
> type*performance, controls). In
> > general, researchers focus on the estimated
> coefficient for the
> > interaction term of type*performance.
> Unfortunately, the estimated
> > coefficient for the interaction term (and its
> statistical
> significance)
> > depends not just on the true underlying
> sensitivity of turnover to
> > performance, but on the difference in the
> average likelihood of
> > turnover between the two types of firms. In
> general terms, this is
> > because the estimate coefficient is the log
> of the odds ratio which
> > depends on the underlying level of the odds.
> >
> > In any event, I have written a short note
> which uses simulations to
> > illustrate this problem. While it is a
> subtle point, it is really a
> very basic
> > point. I would be incredibly surprised if it
> has not been addressed
> in
> > the literature of a different field. That is
> where you can come in:
> >
> > 1) Is that particular form of logit or probit
> regression typical in
> your
> > field? If so, can you give me some
> references?
> >
> > 2) Have you seen this statistical issue
> addressed in a paper,
> textbook,
> > etc? If so, can you give me some references.
> >
> > Thanks for any help that you can offer.
> >
> > Sincerely
> > Eric A. Powers
> > Assistant Professor of Finance
> > The Moore School of Business
> > University of South Carolina
> > Columbia SC, 29208
>
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