There is a vast literature on the selection of an appropriate index of income inequality and on what desirable properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course, the most popular. There is a concurrent literature on the use of hypothetical statistical...

The effects of antitrust enforcement by the U.S.government on innovation in the U.S. are examined.In this analysis,innovation is measured by the level of patent activity (number of patents filedand the number of patents granted) from 1953 to 2000, which was obtained fromthe U.S. Patent and...

The estimation of regression models subject to linear restrictions is a widely applied technique, however, aside from simple examples, the equivalence between the linear restricted case to the reparameterization or substitution case is rarely employed. We derive a general relationship that...

There is a vast literature on the selection of an appropriate index of income inequality and on what desirable properties such a measure (or index) should contain. The Gini index is, of course, the most popular. There is a concurrent literature on the use of hypothetical statistical...

International tourism is a major source of export receipts for many countries worldwide. Although it is not yet one of the most important industries in Taiwan (or the Republic of China), an island in East Asia off the coast of mainland China (or the People's Republic of China), the leading...