This study investigates convergence in farm size for the period, 1982-1992. Mood's median test is applied to test the hypothesis that the distribution of farm size is equal across 1982, 1987, and 1992. Markov chain model is further applied to characterize the long run tendency of farm size...

We are interested in the kernel of one-dimensional diffusion equations with continuous coefficients as evaluated by means of explicit discretization schemes of uniform step hgt;0 in the limit as h approaches 0. We consider both semidiscrete triangulations with continuous time and explicit Euler...

The new growth theories with an emphasis on fundamental determinants such as institutions suggest a non-linear cross-country growth process. In this paper, we investigate the public debt and economic growth relationship using the semi-parametric smooth coefficient approach that allows democracy...