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Measuring and testing tail equivalence

Journal of Multivariate Analysis
We call two copulas tail equivalent if their first-order approximations in the tail coincide. As a special case, a copula is called tail symmetric if it is tail equivalent to the associated survival copula. We propose a novel measure and statistical test for tail equivalence.
Takaaki Koike, Shogo Kato, Toshinao Yoshiba   +2 more
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Characterization of Revenue Equivalence [PDF]

The property of an allocation rule to be implementable in dominant strategies by a unique payment scheme is called revenue equivalence. In this paper we give a characterization of revenue equivalence based on a graph theoretic interpretation of the ...
Rudolf Muller, Rakesh Vohra, First:Birgit Heydenreich, Marc Uetz   +3 more
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Measuring Depression in a Non-Western War-Affected Displaced Population: Measurement Equivalence of the Beck Depression Inventory

Frontiers in Psychology, 2017
Depression is commonly seen in survivors of conflict and disaster across the world. There is a dearth of research on the validity of commonly used measures of depression in these populations.
Nuwan Jayawickreme, Jay Verkuilen, Eranda Jayawickreme, Kaylaliz Acosta, Edna B. Foa   +4 more
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Does Exercise Improve Cognitive Performance? A Conservative Message from Lord's Paradox

Frontiers in Psychology, 2016
Although extant meta-analyses support the notion that exercise results in cognitive performance enhancement, methodology shortcomings are noted among primary evidence.
Sicong Liu, Jean-Charles Lebeau, Gershon Tenenbaum   +2 more
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Adaptation of Big Five Personality Traits Scale to Turkish Culture

Sakarya University Journal of Education, 2017
Determining how people differ from each other is form one of important point of interest in psychology. The distinctive feature of individuals, which makes them different from other individuals, constitutes its personality.
Mehmet Barış Horzum, Tuncay Ayas, Mehmet Ali Padır   +2 more
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Two Scales, One Methodology - Expenditure Based Equivalence Scales for the United States and Germany [PDF]

Choosing an appropriate equivalence scale is a prerequisite for comparisons of economic wellbeing income distribution, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons.
Joachim Merz, Jürgen Faik, Timothy M. Smeeding, David Johnson, Thesia Garner   +4 more
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Automating Security Analysis: Symbolic Equivalence of Constraint Systems [PDF]

, 2010
We consider security properties of cryptographic protocols, that are either trace properties (such as confidentiality or authenticity) or equivalence properties (such as anonymity or strong secrecy).
Hubert Comon-Lundh, Stéphanie Delaune, Cheval, Vincent, Delaune, Stéphanie, Vincent Cheval, Comon-Lundh, Hubert   +5 more
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An inequality decomposition method which minimizes equivalence scales contamination problems. [PDF]

Decomposable measures are a useful tool to analyze the impact of households characteristics on income or expenditure inequality. However, the results are sensitive to the choice of equivalence scales in a heterogenous population. In this paper, we assume
Río, Coral del, Ruiz-Castillo, Javier
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Measuring individual differences in cognitive abilities in the lab and on the web.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The present study compared lab-based and web-based versions of cognitive individual difference measures widely used in second language research (working memory and declarative memory).
Simón Ruiz, Xiaobin Chen, Patrick Rebuschat, Detmar Meurers   +3 more
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THE IMPACT OF EQUIVALENCE SCALES ON THE ANALYSIS OF INCOME AND FOOD SPENDING DISTRIBUTIONS [PDF]

This article examines the effects of different income and food spending adult equivalence scales on estimated expenditure elasticities, on the demographic characteristics of the rich and poor, and on the percentage of household income spent on food by ...
Blaylock, James R.
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