statistical tool to evaluate and compare the predictive abilities of possibly misspecified density forecast models. The main … compare the performance of a density forecast models in the tails. Use of KLIC is practically attractive as well as convenient … accuracy (quality) of density forecasts than the choice of volatility model. …

attempted in this paper. Initially, the changes in the size and composition of bovines, work animal population and its density … since independence are traced. Subsequently, the factors determining work animal population and its density are examined … work animal density during the period prior to mid-Seventies, the technological, economic and institutional factors played …

population density is negatively related to fertility. Finally we show the robust negative correlation of mortality risk on child … schooling attainment, and positve correlation of population density and child schooling attainment. …

The results of this study for the 50 states imply that considerations of distance play an important role in the … migration decision of blacks, with the distance variable being statistically significant at the five percent level or better in …

Long distance coach services in Italy represent an almost unknown mode of transport to the general public, often … specifically focused on long distance coach transport in Italy, carried out by the authors (Beria et al., 2012). We provide policy … the European air industry after the liberalisation of the 90’s. We developed a geographical database of the long distance …

students would improve the quality of the education provided. Surveys have suggested that families rank the distance of the … results of standardized tests. We use a novel data set which includes measures of the distance between homes and schools to …

This paper examines whether the geographic distance between subsidiaries of multinational banks and their headquarters …, the distance constraint adversely affects loan growth, profitability and performance of foreign bank subsidiaries, and … second, the unfavorable information asymmetry faced by foreign banks, due to the distance constraint, in financing foreign …

). First, we provide a theoretical foundation for a gravity-type FDI model, which shows that physical distance and … FDI data for a total of 47 OECD and non-OECD countries from 1980 to 1997 and find that distance is negatively related to … in the 1990s than in the 1980s. Moreover, IT plays a more effective role by reducing communication cost when distance is …