The convergence of estimators, e.g. maximum likelihood estimators, for increasing sample size is well understood in … many cases. However, even when the rate of convergence of the estimator is known, practical application is hampered by the … convergence of the estimator itself with the analysis of the convergence of stochastic optimization algorithms, e.g. threshold …

We characterize convergence of a sequence of d-dimensional random vectors by convergence of the one-dimensional margins … freedom, and to the convergence of certain dependence measures of bivariate distributions. …

Economic convergence of the new member states (NMS) of the EU towards the old EU countries (EU-15), not only in terms … indebtedness. At the same time we evaluate the impact of convergence on the EU-15 countries also, by endogenising offshoring and … process of convergence. We find that in a general equilibrium setting fears of large adverse effects of a relocation of EU-15 …