In the present article we deal with the problem of computing the first and second moments for the rectangularly double truncated multivariate normal density. Our primary aim is to extend the derivation of Tallis (1961) to general mean and covariance for double truncation. Indeed we also deduce a...

We examine the short- and medium-term effects of announcements of changes in anti-crime policies in the distant future (news shocks) and provide a first extension of the analysis to cases where the announced policy changes may not be realized in the end (noise shocks). We further innovate by...