Daniel B Suits
Biographic Data
| ID | 1086312 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel B Suits |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel B |
| FAMILY NAME | Suits |
| SIGNATURE | SUITS D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Michigan State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1957 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
U.S. Farm Migration
Dummy Variables
Regressions containing dummy variables are easily estimated by the familiar expedient of dropping out one of the categories but the result is often awkward to interpret. Since coefficients of dummy variables are determined only up to an additive constant, however, the equation can be transformed into a more easily interpretable form by adding on an appropriately chosen constant to each coefficient. For most regressions the constants should be cho…
Economic Background for Gambling Policy
Legalized gambling as a revenue source is evaluated on the basis of data derived from a nationwide survey. The major findings include: (1) gambling is essentially a consumer commodity which people purchase because they enjoy it, rather than because they expect to make money; (2) maximum revenue potential depends on consumer responsiveness to the price of a given game; (3) high take‐out rates encourage gamblers to participate in illegal substitute…
Spline Functions Fitted by Standard Regression Methods
IT sometimes happens that when a new mathematical or statistical procedure is adopted from one discipline into another, it arrives complete with terminology, usage and (these days) computer software devised for specialized application to problems in the parent area. This is probably inevitable, but until the new method is more broadly perceived its application may fall considerably short of its potential in the adopting discipline. A recent examp…
Fertility and Per Capita Income
Janowitz previously studied statistical relationships among fertility age composition and per capita income. The result was expressed in a regression equation. 2 implications which go beyond Janowitzs conclusions are described. The first relates to the influence of trend changes in fertility demonstrating explicity what was implicit in Janowitzs equation. The second combines Janowitzs equation with other equations from the article to give an esti…
A Cross-Section Model of Economic Growth
Statistics
Exploring Alternative Formulations of Automobile Demand
would have received 56 per cent more under TAP. In the case of wheat this pattern is even more pronounced, and it is also present in tobacco; the case of corn has not been investigated. A much larger part of the subsidies to agriculture, therefore, would reach those for whom they are presumably intended. At the same time, by divorcing payments from current production cost TAP avoids the danger of encouraging inefficiency and of perpetuating uneco…
The Demand for New Automobiles in the United States 1929-1956
IN this paper we present the results of a new study of the demand for passenger automobiles, embodying a number of improvements over the attempts of previous investigators. In particular: (a) some account is taken of the influence of credit conditions on demand; (b) the dynamics of the market derive primarily from the accumulation of a stock of cars rather than from the rate of change of income; (c) the statistical work is carried out in terms of…
Use of Dummy Variables in Regression Equations
The use of dummy variables requires the imposition of additional constraints on the parameters of regression equations if determinate estimates are to be obtained. Among the possible constraints the most useful are (a) to set the constant term of the equation to zero, or (b) to omit one of the dummy variables from the equation. In working with a single system of classes either constraint can be used, and results from the application of one are re…
Spline Functions Fitted by Standard Regression Methods
IT sometimes happens that when a new mathematical or statistical procedure is adopted from one discipline into another, it arrives complete with terminology, usage and (these days) computer software devised for specialized application to problems in the parent area. This is probably inevitable, but until the new method is more broadly perceived its application may fall considerably short of its potential in the adopting discipline. A recent examp…
Economic Background for Gambling Policy
Legalized gambling as a revenue source is evaluated on the basis of data derived from a nationwide survey. The major findings include: (1) gambling is essentially a consumer commodity which people purchase because they enjoy it, rather than because they expect to make money; (2) maximum revenue potential depends on consumer responsiveness to the price of a given game; (3) high take‐out rates encourage gamblers to participate in illegal substitute…
Use of Dummy Variables in Regression Equations
The use of dummy variables requires the imposition of additional constraints on the parameters of regression equations if determinate estimates are to be obtained. Among the possible constraints the most useful are (a) to set the constant term of the equation to zero, or (b) to omit one of the dummy variables from the equation. In working with a single system of classes either constraint can be used, and results from the application of one are re…
The Demand for New Automobiles in the United States 1929-1956
IN this paper we present the results of a new study of the demand for passenger automobiles, embodying a number of improvements over the attempts of previous investigators. In particular: (a) some account is taken of the influence of credit conditions on demand; (b) the dynamics of the market derive primarily from the accumulation of a stock of cars rather than from the rate of change of income; (c) the statistical work is carried out in terms of…
Exploring Alternative Formulations of Automobile Demand
would have received 56 per cent more under TAP. In the case of wheat this pattern is even more pronounced, and it is also present in tobacco; the case of corn has not been investigated. A much larger part of the subsidies to agriculture, therefore, would reach those for whom they are presumably intended. At the same time, by divorcing payments from current production cost TAP avoids the danger of encouraging inefficiency and of perpetuating uneco…
Statistics
A Cross-Section Model of Economic Growth
Fertility and Per Capita Income
Janowitz previously studied statistical relationships among fertility age composition and per capita income. The result was expressed in a regression equation. 2 implications which go beyond Janowitzs conclusions are described. The first relates to the influence of trend changes in fertility demonstrating explicity what was implicit in Janowitzs equation. The second combines Janowitzs equation with other equations from the article to give an esti…
Spline Functions Fitted by Standard Regression Methods
IT sometimes happens that when a new mathematical or statistical procedure is adopted from one discipline into another, it arrives complete with terminology, usage and (these days) computer software devised for specialized application to problems in the parent area. This is probably inevitable, but until the new method is more broadly perceived its application may fall considerably short of its potential in the adopting discipline. A recent examp…
Economic Background for Gambling Policy
Legalized gambling as a revenue source is evaluated on the basis of data derived from a nationwide survey. The major findings include: (1) gambling is essentially a consumer commodity which people purchase because they enjoy it, rather than because they expect to make money; (2) maximum revenue potential depends on consumer responsiveness to the price of a given game; (3) high take‐out rates encourage gamblers to participate in illegal substitute…
Dummy Variables
Regressions containing dummy variables are easily estimated by the familiar expedient of dropping out one of the categories but the result is often awkward to interpret. Since coefficients of dummy variables are determined only up to an additive constant, however, the equation can be transformed into a more easily interpretable form by adding on an appropriately chosen constant to each coefficient. For most regressions the constants should be cho…
U.S. Farm Migration
Economics (8 works) · Econometrics (4 works) · Advanced Statistical Methods and Models (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Microeconomics (2 works) · Physics (2 works)