This paper presents an estimation of the cost of reducing CO2 emissions as agreed in Kyoto by Annex I countries. Unlike most of the existing literature, this paper focuses on European Union countries abatement costs and, using a simple model, estimates the role of each EU country within a EU...

It is known that high summer temperature may lead to worsening health conditions among fragile individuals within exposed populations. It is also argued that multiday patterns of high temperature-heat waves-may have relevant effects on health. We discuss the possible measures of intensities of...

Interest in the quantitative effects of neighbourhood characteristics on urban health has recently increased in social epidemiology. Such effects are mostly studied employing multilevel models based on some definition of the neighbourhood. We investigate the statistical relationship between...

Nonparametric regression for sample extremes can be performed using a variety of techniques. The penalized spline approach for the Poisson point process model is considered. The generalized linear mixed model representation for the spline model, with its Bayesian approach to inference, turns out...

In developed countries the effects of climate on health status are mainly due to temperature. Our analysis is aimed to deepen statistically the relationship between summer climate conditions and daily frequency of health episodes: deaths or hospital admissions. We expect to find a U-shaped...

Models for extreme values are usually based on detailed asymptotic argument, for which strong ergodic assumptions such as stationarity, or prescribed perturbations from stationarity, are required. In most applications of extreme value modelling such assumptions are not satisfied, but the type of...