Presently, conditions ensuring the validity of bootstrap methods for sample mean of (possibly heterogeneous) near epoch dependent (NED) functions of mixing processes are known. Here we establish the validity of the bootstrap in this context, extending the applicability of bootstrap methods to a...

With overlapping questionnaires design, called split questionnaire design by, the total sample is subdivided, with different sub-sample exposed to different, but overlapping sections of the total qustionnaire. the design is a flexible tool to collect complex data without exhausting the...

When customers are classified into ordered categories, which are defined from the outset, it may happen that the majority belongs to a single category. If a market researcher is interested in the correlation between the classification and individual characteristics, the natural question is...

much new work has been devoted to deriving and extending decomposable inequality and poverty measures which bridge the gap between description and analysis by throwing light on the processes undergirding inquality and poverty. For example, an application that has obvious policy relevance in the...

This paper contributes to the old theme of testing for rationality of inflation expectations in surveys, using two very different surveys in parallel. Focusing on the euro area and using two well-known surveys that include questions on inflation expectations, the Consensus Forecast survey and...

This paper contributes to the old theme of testing for rationality of inflation expectations in surveys, using two very different surveys in parallel. Focusing on the euro area and using two well-known surveys that include questions on inflation expectations, the Consensus Forecast survey and...

Existing retail theory postulates a hierarchical space market with larger centers having greater drawing capacity and greater agglomeration benefits. In this study, rent determinants for two tiers of the proscribed hierarchical model are compared and the existence of retail center property type...