Imposing equilibrium restrictions provides substantial gains in the estimation of dynamic discrete games. Estimation algorithms imposing these have different merits and limitations. Algorithms that guarantee local convergence typically require approximation high‐dimensional Jacobians. Alternatively, Nested Pseudo‐Likelihood (NPL) algorithm is a fixed‐point iterative procedure, which avoids comp...

Vertical equity or fairness is an important aspect in many settings, yet has received relatively little attention the literature. Recent developments underline practical relevance (e.g., COVID-19 vaccination policies). It plays role performance evaluation of (nongovernmental) organizations. For example, donors might require a family-planning organization to allocate minimum fraction total utili...

The Department of Nutritional Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University hosted a symposium entitled "Iron Works…The John Beard Memorial Symposium" in University Park, PA, on November 2, 2009. This one-day scientific symposium was held in honor of the late John Beard and was organized by Jere Haas, Shannon Kelleher, Terry Etherton, James Connor, and Gordon Jensen. The goal of the symposium w...

Dermatophytosis is a trivial disease but has lot of psychological effect and a costly disease in terms of treatment. Though various species of dermatophytes produce clinically characteristic lesions, but a single species may produce variety of lesions depending upon site of infection. The present study was undertaken with following aim and objectives. Isolation and identification of different e...