Introduction -- Determinants of Individual Renewable Energy Support: Empirical Findings for the UK -- The Impact of Natural Disasters on Individual's Choice Between Economic Growth and Environmental Protection: Empirical Evidence from the World Values Survey -- Environmental Motivations behind Individuals' Daily Energy Saving Behaviour: Evidence from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium -- Conc…
Chapter1: Citizens vs. consumers’ attitudes towards renewable electricity. What literature tells us in a contingent valuation framework -- Chapter2: Evaluating an onshore wind farm enlargement project: A contingent valuation study in the Center of Italy -- Chapter3: Consumers’ willingness to pay for renewable electricity in Italy: A comparative analysis.The aim of this book is to analyze th…
The Nature of SPSS -- Summarizing Data Graphically -- Summarizing Data Numerically: Measures of Central Tendency -- Summarizing Data Numerically: Measures of Variability -- Summarizing Multivariate Data: Association Between Numerical Variables -- Summarizing Multivariate Data: Association Between Categorical Variables -- Basic Ideas of Probability -- Probability Distributions -- Sampling Distri…
Theory -- Model-Based Approaches -- QMP-ZPC Filters -- The Periodogram -- Direct Filter Approach (DFA) -- Finite Sample Problems and Regularity -- Empirical Results -- Empirical Comparisons : Mean Square Performance -- Empirical Comparisons : Turning Point Detection -- Conclusion.The material contained in this book originated in interrogations about modern practice in time series analysis. • …
Contents -- General Preface -- Labels and Abbreviations -- Chapter I. Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations -- Chapter II. Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations -- Chapter III. Linear Integral Equations -- References -- Application -- Index -- Glossary of Symbols.This book presents the author’s new method of two-stage maximization of likelihood function, which helps to solve a series of non-s…
Spot and Futures Markets -- An Introduction to Financial Derivatives -- Discrete-time Security Markets -- Benchmark Models in Continuous Time -- Foreign Market Derivatives -- American Options -- Exotic Options -- Volatility Risk -- Continuous-time Security Markets -- Fixed-income Markets -- Interest Rates and Related Contracts -- Short-Term Rate Models -- Models of Instantaneous Forward Rates -…
CUSUM Procedure -- Change-Point Estimation -- Confidence Interval for Change-Point -- Inference for Post-Change Mean -- Estimation After False Signal -- Inference with Change in Variance -- Sequential Classification and Segmentation -- An Adaptive CUSUM Procedure -- Dependent Observation Case -- Other Methods and Remarks.This monograph is the first to systematically study the bias of estimators…
Graphical User Interface -- A First Session -- A Second Session -- Graphics -- Trellis Graphics -- Exploring Data -- Statistical Modeling -- Programming -- Object-Oriented Programming -- Input and Output -- Tips and Tricks -- S-Plus Internals -- Information Sources on and Around S-Plus -- R.This book explains the basics of S-PLUS in a clear style at a level suitable for people with little compu…
Australian Household Expenditure Surveys -- Functional Forms for Engel Curves -- Problems in Non-Linear Engel Functions -- The Box-Cox Engel Function -- A Review of Personal Income Distribution -- Elasticity from Concentration Curves -- Estimating Increase in Consumer Demand -- Food Demand Analysis in Australia -- Demand for Transport and Communication -- Demand for Alcohol in Australia -- Cons…
Business Cycle Analysis -- Forecasting Quarterly German GDP at Monthly Intervals Using Monthly Ifo Business Conditions Data -- Real Wages and Business Cycle Asymmetries -- Evaluating the German Inventory Cycle Using Data from the Ifo Business Survey -- Do Ifo Indicators Help Explain Revisions in German Industrial Production? -- A Leading Indicator for the Dutch Economy -- Survey Activity of the…