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James McDonald

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First Name:James
Middle Name:Bott
Last Name:McDonald
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Department of Economics Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602
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Department of Economics
Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah (United States)
http://econ.byu.edu/
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Working papers

  1. Sean C. Kerman & James B. McDonald, 2012. "Skewness-kurtosis bounds for the skewed generalized T and related distributions," BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory Working Paper Series 2012-10, Brigham Young University, Department of Economics, BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory.
  2. James B. McDonald & Hieu Nguyen, 2012. "Heteroskedasticity and Distributional Assumptions in the Censored Regression Model," BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory Working Paper Series 2012-09, Brigham Young University, Department of Economics, BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory.
  3. David J. Mauler & James B. McDonald, 2012. "Option Pricing and Distribution Characteristics," BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory Working Paper Series 2012-08, Brigham Young University, Department of Economics, BYU Macroeconomics and Computational Laboratory.
  4. James McDonald & Patrick A. Turley & Jeff Sorensen, 2011. "Skewness and Kurtosis Properties of Income Distribution Models," LIS Working papers 569, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
  5. Theodossiou, Panayiotis & McDonald, James B. & Hansen, Christian B., 2007. "Some Flexible Parametric Models for Partially Adaptive Estimators of Econometric Models," Economics Discussion Papers 2007-13, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
  6. Christian Hansen & James B. McDonald & Whitney K. Newey, 2007. "Instrumental variables estimation with flexible distribution," CeMMAP working papers CWP21/07, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
  7. James McDonald & Rachel Hartshorn & Samuel Dastrup, 2006. "The Impact of Taxes and Transfer Payments on the Distribution of Income: A Parametric Comparison," LIS Working papers 401, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
  8. Ripsy Bandourian & Robert Turley & James McDonald, 2002. "A Comparison of Parametric Models of Income Distribution across Countries and over Time," LIS Working papers 305, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
  9. Wang, Kai-Li & Fawson, Christopher B. & Barrett, Christopher B. & McDonald, James B., 1998. "A Flexible Parametric Garch Model With An Application To Exchange Rates," Economics Research Institute, ERI Study Papers 28355, Utah State University, Economics Department.
  10. David Cummins, J. & Dionne, G. & Mcdonald, J.B., 1988. "Applications of the Gb2 Family of Distributions in the Modeling Insurance Loss Processe," Cahiers de recherche 8838, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
  11. Robert S. Mariano & James B. McDonald & Asher Tisher, 1979. "On the Effect of Multicollinearity Upon the Properties of Structural Coefficient Estimators," UP School of Economics Discussion Papers 197921, University of the Philippines School of Economics.
  12. L. Israelsen & J. McDonald, "undated". "Measurement error and the distribution of income," Working Papers 2000-18, Utah State University, Department of Economics.

Articles

  1. Higbee, Joshua D. & McDonald, James B., 2024. "A comparison of the GB2 and skewed generalized log-t distributions with an application in finance," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 240(2).
  2. Carla Johnston & James McDonald & Kramer Quist, 2020. "A generalized ordered Probit model," Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(7), pages 1712-1729, April.
  3. James B. McDonald & Daniel B. Walton & Bryan Chia, 2020. "Distributional Assumptions and the Estimation of Contingent Valuation Models," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 56(2), pages 431-460, August.
  4. Higbee, Joshua D. & Jensen, Jonathan E. & McDonald, James B., 2019. "The asymmetric log-Laplace distribution as a limiting case of the generalized beta distribution," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 151(C), pages 73-78.
  5. McDonald, James & Stoddard, Olga & Walton, Daniel, 2018. "On using interval response data in experimental economics," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 72(C), pages 9-16.
  6. William M. Cockriel & James B. McDonald, 2018. "The influence of dispersion on journal impact measures," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 116(1), pages 609-622, July.
  7. William M. Cockriel & James B. McDonald, 2018. "Two multivariate generalized beta families," Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(23), pages 5688-5701, December.
  8. David J. Mauler & James B. McDonald & Logan C. Tatham, 2017. "Partially adaptive quantile estimators," Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(11), pages 5327-5341, June.
  9. McDonald, James B. & Sorensen, Jeff, 2017. "Academic salary compression across disciplines and over time," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 87-104.
  10. Sean C. Kerman & James B. McDonald, 2015. "Skewness-Kurtosis Bounds for EGB1, EGB2, and Special Cases," Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(18), pages 3857-3864, September.
  11. David Mauler & James McDonald, 2015. "Option Pricing and Distribution Characteristics," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 45(4), pages 579-595, April.
  12. Randall A. Lewis & James B. McDonald, 2014. "Partially Adaptive Estimation of the Censored Regression Model," Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(7), pages 732-750, October.
  13. Jason Cook & James McDonald, 2013. "Partially Adaptive Estimation of Interval Censored Regression Models," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 42(1), pages 119-131, June.
  14. Kerman, Sean C. & McDonald, James B., 2013. "Skewness–kurtosis bounds for the skewed generalized T and related distributions," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 83(9), pages 2129-2134.
  15. James B. Mcdonald & Jeff Sorensen & Patrick A. Turley, 2013. "Skewness And Kurtosis Properties Of Income Distribution Models," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 59(2), pages 360-374, June.
  16. McDonald, James B. & Turley, Patrick, 2011. "Distributional Characteristics: Just a Few More Moments," The American Statistician, American Statistical Association, vol. 65(2), pages 96-103.
  17. James Mcdonald & Richard Michelfelder & Panayiotis Theodossiou, 2010. "Robust estimation with flexible parametric distributions: estimation of utility stock betas," Quantitative Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(4), pages 375-387.
  18. Hansen, Christian & McDonald, James B. & Newey, Whitney K., 2010. "Instrumental Variables Estimation With Flexible Distributions," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 28(1), pages 13-25.
  19. James Hansen & James McDonald & Panayiotis Theodossiou & Brad Larsen, 2010. "Partially Adaptive Econometric Methods For Regression and Classification," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 36(2), pages 153-169, August.
  20. James B. McDonald & Richard A. Michelfelder & Panayiotis Theodossiou, 2009. "Robust Regression Estimation Methods and Intercept Bias: A Capital Asset Pricing Model Application," Multinational Finance Journal, Multinational Finance Journal, vol. 13(3-4), pages 293-321, September.
  21. Cummins, J. David & McDonald, James B. & Merrill, Craig, 2007. "Risky Loss Distributions and Modeling the Loss Reserve Pay-out Tail," Review of Applied Economics, Lincoln University, Department of Financial and Business Systems, vol. 3(1-2), pages 1-23.
  22. Samuel Dastrup & Rachel Hartshorn & James McDonald, 2007. "The impact of taxes and transfer payments on the distribution of income: A parametric comparison," The Journal of Economic Inequality, Springer;Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, vol. 5(3), pages 353-369, December.
  23. Theodossiou, Panayiotis & McDonald, James B. & Hansen, Christian B., 2007. "Some Flexible Parametric Models for Partially Adaptive Estimators of Econometric Models," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 1, pages 1-20.
  24. J V Hansen & J B McDonald & R D Nelson, 2006. "Some evidence on forecasting time-series with support vector machines," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 57(9), pages 1053-1063, September.
  25. Hansen, James V. & McDonald, James B. & Turley, Robert S., 2006. "Partially adaptive robust estimation of regression models and applications," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 170(1), pages 132-143, April.
  26. Hueng, C. James & McDonald, James B., 2005. "Forecasting asymmetries in aggregate stock market returns: Evidence from conditional skewness," Journal of Empirical Finance, Elsevier, vol. 12(5), pages 666-685, December.
  27. Brian Boyer & James McDonald & Whitney Newey, 2003. "A Comparison of Partially Adaptive and Reweighted Least Squares Estimation," Econometric Reviews, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 115-134.
  28. L. Dwight Israelsen & James B. McDonald, 2003. "Measurement Error and the Distribution of Income," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., vol. 12(1-2), pages 2-2, June.
  29. Mark L. Pocock & James B. McDonald & Clayne L. Pope, 2002. "Estimating Faculty Salary Distributions: An Application of Order Statistics," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., vol. 11(3-4), pages 4-4, September.
  30. James V. Hansen & James B. McDonald, 2002. "A Generalized Model for Predictive Data Mining," Information Systems Frontiers, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 179-186, July.
  31. Kai-Li Wang & Christopher Fawson & Christopher B. Barrett & James B. McDonald, 2001. "A flexible parametric GARCH model with an application to exchange rates," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(4), pages 521-536.
  32. Barniv, Ran & McDonald, James B, 1999. "Review of Categorical Models for Classification Issues in Accounting and Finance," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 39-62, July.
  33. Robert F. Bordley & James B. McDonald & Anand Mantrala, 1997. "Something New, Something Old: Parametric Models for the Size of Distribution of Income," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., vol. 6(1), pages 5-5, June.
  34. McDonald, James B. & Xu, Yexiao J., 1996. "A comparison of semi-parametric and partially adaptive estimators of the censored regression model with possibly skewed and leptokurtic error distributions," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 153-159, May.
  35. J. V. Hansen & J. B. McDonald & W. F. Messier, Jr. & T. B. Bell, 1996. "A Generalized Qualitative-Response Model and the Analysis of Management Fraud," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 42(7), pages 1022-1032, July.
  36. McDonald, James B., 1996. "An application and comparison of some flexible parametric and semi-parametric qualitative response models," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 53(2), pages 145-152, November.
  37. McDonald, James B & Mantrala, Anand, 1995. "The Distribution of Personal Income: Revisited," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 10(2), pages 201-204, April-Jun.
  38. McDonald, James B. & Xu, Yexiao J., 1995. "A generalization of the beta distribution with applications," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 66(1-2), pages 133-152.
  39. McDonald, James B. & Xu, Yexiao, 1994. "Some forecasting applications of partially adaptive estimators of ARIMA models," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 45(2), pages 155-160, June.
  40. Bordley, Robert F & McDonald, James B, 1993. "Estimating Aggregate Automotive Income Elasticities from the Population Income-Share Elasticity," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 11(2), pages 209-214, April.
  41. Clarke, Darral G. & McDonald, James B., 1992. "Generalized bankruptcy models applied to predicting consumer credit behavior," Journal of Economics and Business, Elsevier, vol. 44(1), pages 47-62, February.
  42. McDonald, James B., 1991. "Parametric models for partially adaptive estimation with skewed and leptokurtic residuals," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 273-278, November.
  43. McDonald, James B. & Butler, Richard J., 1990. "Regression models for positive random variables," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 43(1-2), pages 227-251.
  44. Butler, Richard J, et al, 1990. "Robust and Partially Adaptive Estimation of Regression Models," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 72(2), pages 321-327, May.
  45. Cummins, J. David & Dionne, Georges & McDonald, James B. & Pritchett, B. Michael, 1990. "Applications of the GB2 family of distributions in modeling insurance loss processes," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 9(4), pages 257-272, December.
  46. McDonald, James B., 1989. "Partially adaptive estimation of ARMA time series models," International Journal of Forecasting, Elsevier, vol. 5(2), pages 217-230.
  47. Butler, Richard J. & McDonald, James B., 1989. "Using incomplete moments to measure inequality," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 42(1), pages 109-119, September.
  48. McDonald, James B. & Newey, Whitney K., 1988. "Partially Adaptive Estimation of Regression Models via the Generalized T Distribution," Econometric Theory, Cambridge University Press, vol. 4(3), pages 428-457, December.
  49. McDonald, James B & Butler, Richard J, 1987. "Some Generalized Mixture Distributions with an Application to Unemployment Duration," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 69(2), pages 232-240, May.
  50. Butler, Richard J & McDonald, James B, 1987. "Interdistributional Income Inequality," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 5(1), pages 13-18, January.
  51. Bookstaber, Richard M & McDonald, James B, 1987. "A General Distribution for Describing Security Price Returns," The Journal of Business, University of Chicago Press, vol. 60(3), pages 401-424, July.
  52. Butler, Richard J & McDonald, James B, 1986. "Trends in Unemployment Duration Data," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 68(4), pages 545-557, November.
  53. McDonald, James B, 1984. "Some Generalized Functions for the Size Distribution of Income," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 52(3), pages 647-663, May.
  54. McDonald, James B. & Ransom, Michael R., 1981. "An analysis of the bounds for the Gini coefficient," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 17(2), pages 177-188, November.
  55. McDonald, James B & Ransom, Michael R, 1979. "Functional Forms, Estimation Techniques and the Distribution of Income," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 47(6), pages 1513-1525, November.
  56. McDonald, James B, 1977. "The K-Class Estimators as Least Variance Difference Estimators," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 45(3), pages 759-763, April.
  57. Ebbeler, Donald H & McDonald, James B, 1973. "An Analysis of the Properties of the Exact Finite Sample Distribution of a Nonconsistent G CL Structural Variance Estimator," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 41(1), pages 59-65, January.
  58. McDonald, James B, 1972. "The Exact Finite Sample Distribution Function of the Limited Information Maximum Likelihood Identifiability Test Statistic," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 40(6), pages 1109-1119, November.

Software components

  1. James McDonald & Jacob Triplett, 2016. "GINTREG: Stata module to perform Generalized Interval Regression," Statistical Software Components S458229, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 26 Jan 2023.

Chapters

  1. James B. McDonald & Michael Ransom, 2008. "The Generalized Beta Distribution as a Model for the Distribution of Income: Estimation of Related Measures of Inequality," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, in: Duangkamon Chotikapanich (ed.), Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves, chapter 8, pages 147-166, Springer.
  2. James B. McDonald, 2008. "Some Generalized Functions for the Size Distribution of Income," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, in: Duangkamon Chotikapanich (ed.), Modeling Income Distributions and Lorenz Curves, chapter 3, pages 37-55, Springer.

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