Innovations in statistical methodology is often accompanied by Monte-Carlo studies. In the context of survey statistics two types of inferences have to be considered. First, the classical randomization methods used for developments in statistical modelling. Second, survey data is typically...

This paper discusses the application of statistical, survey sampling technique to hedge fund tracking problems. I describe a strategy that allows an investor or a fund of hedge funds manager, to construct a small tracking portfolio that replicates the time series changes of the total relative...

We propose a fast approximate Metropolis-Hastings algorithm for large data sets embedded in a design based approach. Here, the loglikelihood ratios involved in the Metropolis-Hastings acceptance step are considered as data. The building block is one single subsample from the complete data set,...