While the actions of economists and politicians can be influenced by facts, statistics or empirical predictions, narratives are becoming an increasingly important factor for the decision making in the field of economics and politics. Evaluating such narratives not at selective points in time but...

The rise in sensor-based monitoring in the cookstove sector has been driven by the need for objective quantitative performance evaluation within context of use, and is especially useful if monitoring activities can be conducted by in-country project staff. This research explores the insights...

The rise in sensor-based monitoring in the cookstove sector has been driven by the need for objective quantitative performance evaluation within context of use, and is especially useful if monitoring activities can be conducted by in-country project staff. This research explores the insights...

While the actions of economists and politicians can be influenced by facts, statistics or empirical predictions, narratives are becoming an increasingly important factor for the decision making in the field of economics and politics. Evaluating such narratives not at selective points in time but...

In this study, we test the nonlinear dependence in the Turkish stock market namely, Istanbul stock exchange-100 over the period 2 January 1988 - 31 December 2010 by employing Hinich (1996) portmanteau test statistic jointly with Hinich, and Patterson (2005) non-overlapped windowed testing...