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Clustering and polarization in the distribution of output: A multivariate perspective

Battisti, Michele; Parmeter, Christopher F. - In: Journal of Macroeconomics 35 (2013) C, pp. 144-162

Modeling the cross-country distribution of per capita income using mixture analysis provides a natural platform for the detection of clubs of countries. Unfortunately, these mixture methods, when based on a strictly univariate approach are limiting towards one’s ability to learn about the...

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Income Polarization, Convergence Tools and Mixture Analysis

Battisti, Michele; Parmeter, Christopher F. - Department of Economics, School of Business - 2011

Modeling the cross-country distribution of per capita using mixture analysis provides a natural platform for the recovery or detection of clubs of countries. Unfortunately, these mixture methods, when based on a strictly univariate approach are limiting towards one's ability to learn about the...

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Convergence Tools and Mixture Analysis

Battisti, Michele; Parmeter, Christopher F. - Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza (DEF), Libera … - 2010

In this paper we employ traditional beta, sigma, gamma-convergence tools to assess growth behaviour of groups of … countries in connection with mixture densities. In the presence of mixtures, the standard methods to assess convergence are …. Our results show that, taken as global measures, convergence is an uncommon feature, whereas focusing on the individual …

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Reduction methods for qualitive and quantative data in regional analysis

Brouwer, F.; Nijkamp, P. - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1982

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Reduction methods for qualitive and quantative data in regional analysis

Brouwer, F.; Nijkamp, P. - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1982

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Assessment of Phenotypic Variability in Enset (Ensete Ventricosum (WELW) Cheesman) Accessions Using Multivariate Analysis

Yemataw, Zerihun; Mohamed, Hussien; Yeshitla, Mikias - In: International Journal of Natural Sciences Research 1 (2013) 7, pp. 50-59

Enset (Ensete ventricosum) is a perennial, banana-like crop, endemic to Ethiopia that produces pseudostem and a starchy belly corm pulped for food, feed and fiber. This study was carried out to ascertain the value and magnitude of genetic diversity among 240 Enset accessions based on their...

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Size and shape in the measurement of multivariate proximity

Greenacre, Michael - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2014

Most methods of multivariate analysis rely on a measure of proximity between individual cases or samples to quantify inter-sample differences. The choice of this measure is fundamental to the method and its subsequent results. For example, when data are abundance counts of a set of species at...

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Application of the Analysis Cluster in the economic environment. A study of the neighborhoods of Donostia

Castro, Zárraga; Amaya, María; Jiménez López, Mariano; … - Departamento de Economía Aplicada III (Econometría y … - 2000

[EN] We try to study the quality of life in Donostia, in the sense that we want to study the relationship that can exist among those inhabitants of the housings and the structure of the same ones. We will attempt to look for a link among inhabitant's type, housing type and homogeneous areas of...

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The Asymmetric Use of Incentives in Portugal: The Example of PRIME

Galindo, Purificacíon; Noronha, Teresa; Neto, Paulo - Centro de Investigação sobre Espaços e … - 2009

PRIME has been between 2000 and 2006 a commonly used public policy instrument. Although nationally promoted, it served the diffusion of European funds across the entrepreneurial tissue. In this paper we intend to follow the application of this instrument for a monitoring and strategic evaluation...

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Demographic Trends in Developing Countries: Convergence or Divergence Processes?

Salvini, Maria Silvana; Gabrielli, Giuseppe; Paterno, Anna - Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni … - 2015

with some socio-economic characteristics of more than 100 DCs, to assess if convergence patterns in demographic behaviors … of DCs in the 1995-2010 period. Results let us reconsider the processes of convergence and enlighten the heterogeneity …

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