This common aim provides a general framework for specifying, estimating, and testing time series econometric models using maximum entropy bootstrap (MEB) to test with data in time series from Stock Market of Thailand. The MEB is quantitatively reviewed for the first time to investigate the...

By implementing the Copulas method, this work analyses the dependence relationship or structure between the Brazilian consumer observed inflation and the expected inflation, from January 2005 to June 2011. Its results are consistent with some works for the Brazilian case, as the dependence...

This work applies Markov-switching models, a Bayesian vector autoregressive (BVAR) and Cointegration approach to verify the empirical relationships between expected and effective short-term interest rates in Brazil. The main results corroborate the theoretical notion that the Central Bank can...

As a core unit of HTGRs (high-temperature gas-cooled reactors), the quality of spherical fuel elements is directly related to the safety and reliability of HTGRs. In line with the design and performance requirements of the spherical fuel elements, no coated fuel particles are permitted to enter...