This book provides a coherent description of the main concepts and statistical methods used to analyse economic performance. The focus is on measures of performance that are of practical relevance to policy makers. Most, if not all, of these measures can be viewed as measures of productivity...

Einführung in die Methoden der Bestimmung des Stichprobenumfangs auf einem verständlichen Niveau, bei dem die Leser Schritt für Schritt ihr Wissen erweitern und immer neue Facetten das Problems entdecken können. Beispiele aus der Praxis demonstrieren die Anwendung der Methoden und zeigen die...

Chapter 1: The Cobb-Douglas production function for an exponential model -- Chapter 2: Threshold Unit Root Tests with Smooth Transitions -- Chapter 3: Jump connectedness in the European foreign exchange market -- Chapter 4:Modeling Currency Exchange Data with Asymmetric Copula Functions --...

Healthcare is important to everyone, yet large variations in its quality have been well documented both between and within many countries. With demand and expenditure rising, it’s more crucial than ever to know how well the healthcare system and all its components – from staff member to...