Nonlinear relationships are common in economic theory, and such relationships are also
frequently tested empirically. We argue that the usual test of nonlinear relationships is …

A comprehensive account of economic size distributions around the world and throughout
the years In the course of the past 100 years, economists and applied statisticians have …

The increasing complexity of insurance and reinsurance products has seen a growing
interest amongst actuaries in the modelling of dependent risks. For efficient risk …

We derive the asymptotic sampling distribution of various estimators frequently used to order
distributions in terms of poverty, welfare, and inequality. This includes estimators of most of …

The publication of this book is in large part due to the role of Canada's Inter national
Development Research Center (IDRC) in encouraging policy-relevant research in the fields …

We propose a procedure for estimating the critical values of the extended Kolmogorov-
Smirnov tests of Stochastic Dominance of arbitrary order in the general K-prospect case. We …

We offer a model of equality of opportunity that encompasses different conceptions
expressed in the public and philosophical debates. In addition to circumstances whose …

We derive empirical tests for the stochastic dominance efficiency of a given portfolio with
respect to all possible portfolios constructed from a set of assets. The tests can be computed …

Despite the development and growth of Islamic finance, the academic literature on the
subject, while increasing, has so far provided no information on the calendar anomalies in …

The article compares the incidence of public healthcare across 11 Asian countries and
provinces, testing the dominance of healthcare concentration curves against an equal …