The paper deals with the prospects of economic recovery and growth of Libya after the suspension of the UN sanctions. Here the risks and chances of Libya’s participation in the so-called ‘Barcelona Process’ are viewed. Based on the results of a similar study for Egypt and an empirical...

Testing the distribution of a random sample can be considered ,indeed, as a goodness-of-fit problem. If we use the nonparametric density estimation of the sample as a consistent estimate of exact distribution, the problem reduces, more specifically, to the distance of two functions. This paper...

This paper presents a flexible functional form called third-order translog, which includes higher-order terms, to estimate systems of budget-share equations using Canadian crosssectional micro-data. We test the statistical significance of the third-order terms, and also test regularity...

During the last two decades, the discrete-choice modelling of labour supply decisions has become increasingly popular, starting with Aaberge et al. (1995) and van Soest (1995). Within the literature adopting this approach there are however two potentially important issues that are worthwhile...

This paper introduces L-scaling, which computes scaled scores from multivariate data. We demonstrate the uniqueness, positivity and equivariance of the L-scaling weights. The relationship of L-scaling to ANOVA and principal components is explained, robustness and inference are discussed, and an...

This paper adopts a different approach to the study of the persistence of U.S. GNP. First, this paper uses a more powerful version of the ADF test developed by Elliot, Rothenberg and Stock (1992). Second, we also examine the results from a unit root test that has trend stationarity as the null...

The Breusch-Pagan Lagrange Multiplier test for heteroskedascity is supposedly able to detect heteroskedasticity which is an arbitrary function of some set of regressors. We will show that in fact it detects only linear functions. The test is inconsistent for general alternatives, in the sense...

In 1928 Cobb and Douglas (C&D) presented a system analysis which established the first empirically identified production model, which forms the foundation for Solow's growth theory and research into productivity growth factors, such as 'technological progress ' and 'human capital development '....