We develop a new genetic prediction method, smooth-threshold multivariate genetic prediction, using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data in genome-wide association studies (GWASs). Our method consists of two stages. At the first stage, unlike the usual discontinuous SNP screening as used in the gene score method, our method continuously screens SNPs based on the output from standard univ...

Research Question/Objective: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is actively studying the implementation of Advanced Automatic Collision Notification (AACN) systems in motor vehicles. This technology allows motor vehicles to notify a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), such as a 911 call center, in the event of a severe crash. The system provides crash location, vehicle...

Regression analysis with geographic information needs to take into consideration the inherent spatial autocorrelation and heterogeneity of the data. Due to such spatial effects, it is found that local regression such as the geographically weighted regression (GWR) tends to capture the relationships better. In addition, in panel data analysis, the variable coefficient panel regression can borrow...

Detecting and modelling structural changes in time series models have attracted great attention while relatively little effort has been paid to the test of structural changes in panel data models despite their increasing importance in economics and finance. In this paper, we propose a new approach to testing structural changes in panel data models with cross-sectional dependence. The idea is to...

The manuscript reports on findings the interconnection between tourism employment and economic growth for selected OECD member states. dynamic panel threshold regression method was used to analyze data, where variable employment, of gross national income value added by activity services were dependent variables in corresponding models. dataset covered period 2008 2020. Both marginal effects ind...

We examine the effect of public debt on private investment in selected emerging economies. Using a panel threshold regression model, we estimate value about 3 percent, average, below which stimulates investment. Our additional analysis involving developed economies suggests that crowding out is less evident relative to as higher stocks do not seem significantly undermine their investments. Thes...

This paper investigates the existence of an optimal debt ratio for the electronic listed firms in Taiwan, using balanced panel data for a sample of 143 selected electronics companies listed in the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) from the first quarter of 1999 to the third quarter of 2004. The result shows that there is a single threshold effect of debt ratio on firm value when return on equity (ROE...

Abstract In order to better understand the impact of trade openness and foreign direct investment (FDI) on carbon neutrality (economic growth without increasing emissions), linear fully modified ordinary least squares model non‐linear panel threshold regression are applied explore FDI economic emissions in 114 countries. The results Tapio decoupling showed that between is an M‐shaped from 2002‐...