Phillips [Phillips R.F., 1991. A constrained maximum likelihood approach to estimating switching regressions. Journal of Econometrics 48, 241-262] proposed a constrained maximum-likelihood approach to estimating the parameters in a switching regression model. In this note, we propose a new...

Multivariate normal mixtures provide a flexible model for high-dimensional data. They are widely used in statistical genetics, statistical finance, and other disciplines. Due to the unboundedness of the likelihood function, classical likelihood-based methods, which may have nice practical...

Fred Schauer's <em>The Force of Law</em> neglects an important way in which the law can motivate people. It shapes our moral reasons. Schauer's response to my original essay that he is concerned with empirical motivations, not normative reasons, misses the point. His empirical argument depends crucially...

Conventional economic theory assumes that economic agents are rational decisionmakers in the sense that they act as if they were trying to maximize some one-dimensional criterion. A well-known body of experimental work has increasingly shed doubt on the assumption that human beings are rational...

Conceptual role semantics (CRS) is the view that the meanings of expressions of a language (or other symbol system) or the contents of mental states are determined or explained by the role of the expressions or mental states in thinking. The theory can be taken to be applicable to language in...

The current study examined the relation between income, perceived financial stress and marital functioning in a sample of 424 dual-parent families with 7th graders drawn from 28 small towns and rural areas. Individuals who reported higher levels of perceived financial stress were hypothesized to...