Bayesian inference about small areas is of considerable current interest, and simultaneous intervals for the parameters for the areas are needed because these parameters are correlated. This is not usually pursued because with many areas the problem becomes difficult. We describe a method for finding simultaneous credible intervals for a relatively large number of parameters, each corresponding...

the objective of this article is to analyze the data collected by the depart­ment of environmental health about the susceptibility of anopheles stephensi in the minab shahrestan to d.d.t. from 1957 to 1968, in order to: determine a mathematical model for the changes in l.d.50 by time and estimate the trend of l.d.50, for the future years. by plotting the changes in the resistance of the mosquit...

Purpose This study aims at investigating the impact of disclosure and Shariah governance on financial performance in MENASA (Middle East, North Africa Southeast Asia) Islamic banks. Design/methodology/approach We use Generalized Least Squares (GLS) regression models to check interdependence relationship between disclosure, 47 banks (IBs) from ten countries operating region. The sample period is...

This paper presents a simple two-step nonparametric estimator for a triangular simultaneous equation model. Our approach employs series approximations that exploit the additive structure of the model. The first step comprises the nonparametric estimation of the reduced form and the corresponding residuals. The second step is the estimation of the primary equation via nonparametric regression wi...

Simultaneous nonlinear econometric models with discrete outcomes are often difficult to implement. This paper considers the use of the copula approach for a model with three jointly determined outcomes. It also deals with the discrete case in which outcomes include a mixture of dichotomous choices and discrete count data. We apply this technique to study self-selection and interdependence betwe...

FinTech play a pivotal role in facilitating access to financial products and services. At the moment, the country characteristics that facilitate the use of FinTech are not adequately identified in the literature. This paper attempts to contribute to the understanding of which country characteristics facilitate the use of FinTech and how FinTech can drive sustainable economic development. Based...

This paper suggests how a MNC subsidiary’s knowledge outflow can influence its performance. We distinguish between direct costs and opportunity costs. Direct costs are contingent on knowledge types and the lack of appropriate communication channels. Opportunity costs are due to resource-use for knowledge outflows that could have been utilized for the subsidiary’s own business and development ac...

VAR models [13] are a type of multi-equation model that linearly describe the simultaneous interactions and behaviour among a group of variables using only their own past. More specifically, a VAR is a model of simultaneous equations formed by a system of equations in which the contemporary values of model variables do not appear in any explanatory variable in the equations. The set of explanat...

A nonlinear equation system for individual tree diameter growth and mortality of natural Mongolian oak forests was developed based on 13,360 observations from 195 permanent sample plots in Northeast China. Weighted regression was used in a distance-independent diameter growth equation for dealing with heterocedasticity. Since diameter growth and mortality models have common predictors including...

The kin term product calculations used by culture-bearers to compute kin relationships from kin terms without reference to genealogy are the basis for the structure of a kinship terminology and its underlying generative logic. The details of that logic account for differences in the structural forms for kinship terminologies. The structural form of the Polynesian kinship terminologies, like tha...