Three distinct strands can be identified in the literature on seasonality. Economists have long been interested in removing high-frequency "noise" from individual economic time series, or "deseasonalizing the data" in common parlance. The second strand, on which an extensive technical literature...

This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the main challenges facing Hong Kong SAR as it continues to become more closely integrated with the mainland of China. Section I provides an overview of recent macroeconomic developments and the main policy issues in Hong Kong SAR. Section II...

Using the concept of generalized Von Bertalanffy growth formula developed by Pauly and Gaschâ¿tz, we tried to integrate the basic equation of Beverton and Holt and to check on changes in the quantitative evaluation of yield/recruit. An example is given concerning a tropical fresh water fish...