In 2005, Chen et al. introduced a sequential importance sampling (SIS) procedure to analyze zero-one two-way tables with given fixed marginal sums (row and column sums) via the conditional Poisson (CP) distribution. They showed that compared with Monte Carlo Markov chain (MCMC)-based approaches,...

In a number of retrospective studies it has been found that the duration of emotional experience is highly variable and several determinants that account for this variability have been identified. However, two issues that may have consequences for the measurement of emotion duration have been...

(WP03/03 Clave pdf) We consider the estimation of multivariate normal structural models that have been discretized according to a set of thresholds. A popular estimation procedure for this restricted multinomial model consists in the following three stage estimator: First, estimate by maximum...

(WP 10/03 Clave pdf) We show that when the thresholds and the polychoric correlation are estimated in two stages, neither Pearson´s X² nor the likelihood ratio G² goodness of fit test statistics are asymptotically chi-square.We propose a new test statistic, Mn, that is asymptotically...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors that affect differences in measured efficiency of foreign-owned banks operating in Australia. The relevance of both comparative advantage theory and new trade theory to multinational banking in Australia will be tested....