Abstract Analysis and design, as the most critical components in material science, require a
highly rigorous approach to assure long-term success. Due to a recent increase in the …

Whenever nonexperimental methods are used to test a hypothesis and 1 or more predictor
(independent) variables that may affect the criterion (dependent) variable are omitted from …

Although many of the models commonly used in empirical finance are linear, the nature of
financial data suggests that non-linear models are more appropriate for forecasting and …

Previous studies of the relationship between body weight and wages have found mixed
results. This paper uses a larger data set and several regression strategies in an attempt to …

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of both inflation rate and interest rate on stock
prices using quarterly data on non-financial firms listed in DJIA30 and NASDAQ100 for the …

“Robust standard errors” are used in a vast array of scholarship to correct standard errors for
model misspecification. However, when misspecification is bad enough to make classical …

By bringing together results from the growing literature in econometrics on misspecification
testing, this study provides theoretical analyses and convenient methods for the …

Recently, a new linearity test for time series was introduced based on concepts from the
theory of neural networks. Lee et al. have already studied the power properties of this test …

Despite the substantial body of research studying the determinants of the shadow economy
in the past few decades, consensus on a set of consistent drivers of the underground sector …

Degree: Dr. DegreeYear: 1992 Institute: Universiteit Twente (The Netherlands) Publisher:
Avebury Gower, Gower House, Croft Road, Aldershot Hants Gu11 3hr, England. It has been …