Let (Xn)n=1 be a sequence of i.i.d.r.v.'s with values in a Polish space of law [mu]. Consider the empirical measures . Our purpose is to generalize Sanov's theorem about the large deviation principle of Ln from the weak convergence topology to the stronger Wasserstein metric Wp. We show that Ln...

CO2 is a significant greenhouse gas. CO2 emissions result mainly from energy consumption, which is closely related to the rate of economic development, efficiency of energy use and the structure of the energy-supply system. We estimate CO2 emissions in Shanghai for 1990 and 2010 and compare our...

In the past few years, several entropy-based tests have been proposed for testing either single SNP association or gene-gene interaction. These tests are mainly based on Shannon entropy and have higher statistical power when compared to standard χ2 tests. In this paper, we extend some of these...

We use firm's endogenous contractual response to help implement the constrained first best through a simple yet powerful progressive labor income tax system. In our model, workers privately experience both a persistent ability shock and many transient productivity shocks during their life...

The general theme of my dissertation research is channel management and the related pricing issues. My research aims to contribute to the extant marketing literature by providing both theories and empirical analyses regarding the emerging channels of distribution, namely, the various electronic...

A fundamental marketing problem faced by auctioneers is the promotion of their auction in order to recruit bidders. Merchants would like to attract as many bidders as possible to an auction, since the higher the number of bidders, the higher the expected winning price and profitability. This...

Recently fixed pricing and auctions have been brought together in a new pricing format that offers bidders the option of prematurely ending an auction at a fixed price. eBay calls this a “Buy-it- Now” auction, uBid calls this “UBuy it” and Yahoo auctions refer to this as a “Buy Now”....

Ferroelectric/ferromagnetic (ME) biphase composite thin films with the type of (1–x)PbTiO3 (PT)–xNiFe2O4 (NFO) (x = 1–9) were successfully formed in situ by sol–gel process. The dielectric and ferroelectric behaviors of the composite thin films were investigated. The asymmetrical...