To estimate a summarized dose-response relation across different exposure levels from epidemiologic data, meta-analysis often needs to take into account heterogeneity across studies beyond the variation associated with fixed effects. We extended a generalized-least-squares method and a...

We study the global probability distribution of energy consumption per capita around the world using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) for 1980-2010. We find that the Lorenz curves have moved up during this time period, and the Gini coefficient G has decreased from 0.66...

Being based on preliminary study of Kunming famous temples during the Ming and Qing dynasties, field investigation was carried out about the framework of landscape, layout of waters, characteristic of structure and plant furnishing in Tanhua temple, Black Dragon Pool, Masijid of Shuncheng,...

The objective of this paper is to show quantitative results for the exchange rate target zones in a small open economy. We develop a stochastic model for exchange rates under the equilibrium in goods and money markets based on a variation of Dornbusch (1976)'s model, incorporating several kinds...