infonet-economy

In this thesis, we develop models to analyze zero-inflated truncated heavy-tailed dependent data to fit radio audience data in Switzerland. These models are able to explain, by means of covariates, both the probability of observing a positive outcome and the mean of the positive outcomes, which respectively correspond to the audience indicators of reach and of time spent listening....

Stochastic modeling is a challenging task for lowcost inertial sensors whose errors can have complex spectral structures. This makes the tuning process of the INS/GNSS Kalman filter often sensitive and difficult. We are currently investigating two approaches for bounding the errors in the mechanization. The first is an improved modeling of stochastic errors through the superposition...

To evaluate an algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose unenhanced CT with oral contrast medium (LDCT) in the assessment of acute appendicitis, to reduce the need of conventional CT.

This paper provides a new theoretically-derived measure of preference margins at the product level, that takes into account competition across exporters as well as competition with domestic producers on a given market. This indicator is derived for differentiated goods under imperfect competition, in a frame-work extended from Ottaviano, Tabuchi and Thisse (2002). We compute our...

How important are visual cues for determining satiation? To find out, 64 participants were served lunch in a “dark” restaurant where they ate in complete darkness. Half the participants unknowingly received considerably larger “super-size” portions which subsequently led them to eat 36% more food. Despite this difference, participants’ appetite for dessert and their subjective...

Least developed countries (LDCs) hoped that the DOHA round would bring them greater market access in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries than for non-LDCs. Using HS-6 tariff level data for the United States and the EU for 2004, this paper estimates that, once the erosion from preferential access into the EU to non-LDCs is taken into account, LDCs have...