This paper explains how the Gibbs sampler can be used to perform Bayesian inference on GARCH models. Although the Gibbs sampler is usually based on the analyti-cal knowledge of the full conditional posterior densities, such knowledge is not available in regression models with GARCH errors. We...

The present study examined associations among perceived parenting, separation-individuation, and emotional adjustment in a convenience sample of college students in Belgium (N= 350; 68% female; aged 18 to 26). In line with a conceptual model advanced in the literature, factor analysis supported the...

Purpose - The aim of this contribution is to propose a first overview of the strategic plans in the Belgian Federal Administration and to analyse the process of strategic planning itself. Design/methodology/approach - In the first part, the strategic plans are analysed in order to understand the...

Water suppliers adopt a variety of strategies to gain access to and control of water resources. In contrast to theoretical approaches which assert that the status of ownership determines water supplier strategies, we argue that supplier strategies depend on the activation of property rights and...

In Belgium, questions on the wage-setting system also interfere with the "regionaiisation" debate. Among the suggested reforms, the regionaiisation of the collective bargaining system turns out frequently. It relies on the assumption that the productivity differences between regions are not...