Sampling units for the 2013 Methods-of-Payment survey were selected through an approximate stratified two-stage sampling design. To compensate for nonresponse and noncoverage and ensure consistency with external population counts, the observations are weighted through a raking procedure. We...

A portfolio-resampling procedure invented by Richard and Robert Michaud is the subject of a highly controversial discussion and big scientific dispute. It has been evaluated in many empirical studies and Monte Carlo experiments. Apart from the contradictory findings, the Michaud approach still...

In the present paper we consider the Coefficient of Gini (Kendall and Stuart, 1982), for income distribution. This statistic is derived from data showing the annual taxes paid by the Greek taxpayers, for years 1960 to 1996. An intractable issue is the estimation of its variance because of the...