We model inter-individual differences in preferences for redistribution as a function of (a) selfinterest; (b) stable ideological traits; (c) subjective perceptions of the relative importance of the main determinants of income differences (luck, effort, talent). Individuals base the latter on information obtained from their reference group. We analyse the consequences for redistributive prefere...

INTRODUCTION We reviewed the epidemiological features of 1348 hospitalised cases of influenza A (H1N1-2009) [pandemic H1N1] infection in Singapore reported between 15 July and 28 September 2009. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data on the demographic and epidemiological characteristics of hospitalised patients with confirmed pandemic H1N1 infection were collected from all restructured and private hospi...

El presente artículo revisa el contexto de incidencia la Peste Negra en reino Galicia tomando un indicador no explorado hasta ahora: cuantificación producción documentos por parte las principales instituciones eclesiásticas del territorio, entre 1345 y 1353. Con ella ofreceremos diversas gráficas organización los datos, así como algunas líneas interpretativas posibles, desde constatación que ef...

Recently minimal and extreme inequalities for continuous group relaxations of general mixed integer sets have been characterized. In this paper, we consider a stronger relaxation of general mixed integer sets by allowing constraints, such as bounds, on the free integer variables in the continuous group relaxation. We generalize a number of results for the continuous infinite group relaxation to...

This paper analyses the effect of nine categories of news announcements on the quoting activity of individual FX dealers on the Euro/Dollar exchange rate from May to October 2001. We use the Double Autoregressive Conditional Poisson model (DACP), which is designed for time series of count data, which can be both underor overdispersed. We find that dealers’ quoting activity reacts differently to...