Bayesian design theory applied to nonlinear models is a promising route to cope with the problem of design dependence on the unknown parameters. The traditional Bayesian design criterion which is often used in the literature is derived from the second derivatives of the loglikelihood function....

Conjoint choice experiments elicit individuals' preferences for the attributes of a good by asking respondents to indicate repeatedly their most preferred alternative in a number of choice sets. However, conjoint choice experiments can be used to obtain more information than that revealed by the...

Two regression coefficients often used in Finance, the Scholes-Williams (1977) quasi-multiperiod thin-trading beta and the Hansen-Hodrick (1980) overlapping-periods regression coefficient, can both be written as instrumental-variables estimators. Competitors are Dimson's beta and the...

In their regression tests of uncovered interest parity (UIP), Huisman et al. (1998) focus on days with unusually large cross-sectional variances in forward premia, their regressor, conjecturing that such an quot;extremequot; sample tends to pick episodes with more pronounced expectations about...

Landelijke Thuiszorg is a “social profit” organisation that provides home care services in several Belgian regions. In this paper, the core optimisation component of a decision support system to support the planning of the organisations’ home care service is described. Underlying this...