1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996695967203316

Autore

Johnson

Titolo

History Of New-england : From The English Planting In The Yeere 1628. Untill The Yeere 1652. Declaring The Form Of Their Government, Civill, Military, And Ecclesiastique. Their Wars With The Indians, Their Troubles With The Gortonists, And Other Heretiques. Their Manner Of Gathering Of Churches, The Commodities Of The Country, And Description Of The Principall Towns And Havens, With The Great Encouragements To Increase Trade Betwixt Them And Old England. With The Names Of All Their Governours, Magistrates, And Eminent Ministers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ProQuest, UMI, 1653

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911097256503321

Autore

Mirestean Alin

Titolo

Limited Information Bayesian Model Averaging for Dynamic Panels with Short Time Periods / / Alin Mirestean, Charalambos Tsangarides, Huigang Chen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2009

ISBN

9786612842955

9781462371921

1462371922

9781452712741

1452712743

9781451872217

1451872216

9781282842953

1282842951

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (45 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

ChenHuigang

TsangaridesCharalambos

Disciplina

332.152

Soggetti

Panel analysis

Bayesian statistical decision theory

Bayesian Analysis: General



Bayesian inference

Bayesian models

Computer Programs: General

Data capture & analysis

Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology

Data Processing

Data processing

Econometric models

Econometrics & economic statistics

Econometrics

Electronic data processing

Estimation techniques

Estimation

Econometric analysis

Economic and financial statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Model Uncertainty in the Bayesian Context; A. Model Selection and Hypothesis Testing; B. Bayesian Model Averaging; C. Choice of Priors; III. Limited Information Bayesian Model Averaging; A. A Dynamic Panel Data Model with Endogenous Regressors; B. Estimation and Moment Conditions; C. The Limited Information Criterion; IV. Monte Carlo Simualtions and Results; A. The Data Generating Process; B. Simulation Results; V. Conclusion; References; Tables; 1. Posterior Probability of the True Model; 2. Posterior Probability Ratio of True Model/Best among the Other Models

3. Probability of Retrieving the True Model4. Model Recovery: Medians and Variances of Posterior Inclusi; 5. Model Recovery: Medians and Variances of Estimated Paramet; 6. Posterior Probability of the True Model (Non-Gaussian Case); 7. Posterior Probability Ratio: True Model/best among the Other Models (Non-Gaussian Case); 8. Probability of Retrieving the True Model (Non-Gaussian Case); 9. Model Recovery: Medians and Variances of Posterior Inclusion Probability for Each Variable (Non-Gaussian Case); 10. Model Recovery: Medians and Variances of Estimated Parameter Values (Non- Gaussian Case)

Appendix A Figures1. Posterior Densities for the Probabilities in Table 1; 2. Posterior Densities for the Probabilities in Table 2; 3. Box Plots for Parameters in Table 5; 4. Posterior Densities for the Probabilities in Table 6; 5. Posterior Densities for the Probabilities in Table 7; 6. Box Plots for Parameters in Table 10

Sommario/riassunto

Bayesian Model Averaging (BMA) provides a coherent mechanism to address the problem of model uncertainty. In this paper we extend the BMA framework to panel data models where the lagged dependent variable as well as endogenous variables appear as regressors. We propose a Limited Information Bayesian Model Averaging (LIBMA) methodology and then test it using simulated data. Simulation results suggest that asymptotically our methodology performs well both in



Bayesian model selection and averaging. In particular, LIBMA recovers the data generating process very well, with high posterior inclusion probabilities for all the relevant regressors, and parameter estimates very close to the true values. These findings suggest that our methodology is well suited for inference in dynamic panel data models with short time periods in the presence of endogenous regressors under model uncertainty.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911154201403321

Titolo

Englishes around the world : studies in honour of Manfred Görlach . Volume 2 Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australasia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1997

ISBN

1-283-35838-7

9786613358387

90-272-7576-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (365 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchneiderEdgar W

Disciplina

427.009

Soggetti

English language - Commonwealth countries

English language - English-speaking countries

English language - Foreign countries

English language - Variation - Commonwealth countries

English language - Variation - English-speaking countries

English language - Variation - Foreign countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

ENGLISHES AROUND THE WORLD 2; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; FOR MANFRED GÖRLACH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY; INTRODUCTION; Acknowledgments; THE ENGLISH OF WEST INDIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; 1. Concern about language; 2. Writing as data; 3. Results of an error analysis; 3.1. Word-totals, paragraphs, cancellations; 3.2. Spelling; 3.3. Punctuation and



capitalisation; 3.4. Inflections, auxiliaries, modais; 3.5. Idiom; 3.6. Omissions; 3.7. Consistency of NP/VP relationships; 3.8. Lexical choices: Inclusion, exclusion and congruence in meaning

4. Implications for the language programme References; ONE PEOPLE, ONE NATION, ONE DESTINY: RACE, ETHNICITY AND GUYANESE SOCIOLINGUISTIC IDENTITY; 1. Wherefore Guyana; 2. One people, one nation: Race and ethnicity; 2.1. Race; 2.2. Ethnicity; 3. One destiny: Guyanese sociolinguistic identity; 3.1. The components; 3.2. Attitudes and behaviors; 3.3. The results of interaction and change; References; STYLE AND REGISTER IN JAMAICAN PATWA; 1. Introduction; 2. Internal varieties in creole studies; 3. Speaky-Spoky: a creole style; 4. Rasta Talk: a creole register

5. Creole internal varieties: common characteristics of functional codes References; REQUIEM FOR ENGLISH IN AN ""ENGLISH-SPEAKING"" COMMUNITY: THE CASE OF JAMAICA; 1. Introduction; 2. The historical evolution of the roles of English and Creole in Jamaica; 2.1. The tradition of English as sovereign in colonial and early post-colonial Jamaica; 2.2. Independence and the evolution of public/formal functions for Jamaican Creole; 3. The fate of English in contemporary Jamaica; 4. Prognosis for English; References; SIX VERNACULAR TEXTS FROM TRINIDAD, 1838-1851

1. ""The Sorrows of Kitty""-""Spectator"". (Trinidad Standard, 1 February 1839, p. 3); 2. ""Look here, Sambo""-Anonymous. (Trinidad Standard, 13 September 1839, p. 2); 3. ""New Government Buildings""-""Eavesdropper"". (Port of Spain Gazette, 8 November 1844, p. 3); 4. ""Down de Coste""-""Quasshe"". (Trinidad Spectator, 31 March 1847, p. 2); 5. ""Tode genieman wha rite""-""George Hill"", (The Trinidad Spectator and Commercial Gazetteer, 8 January 1848, p. 2); 6. ""Drama of a certain day in life""-Anonymous. (The Trinidadian, 7 May 1851, p. 3); References

ASPECTS OF THE SYNTAX OF NIGERIAN ENGLISH 1. Introduction; 2. Varieties within varieties; 3. Reflexives and reciprocals; 4. The modal will; 4.1. A syntactic explanation; 4.2. A phonological explanation; 5. Conclusion; References; ENCOUNTERS WITH ENGLISH OVER THREE GENERATIONS IN A XHOSA FAMILY: FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE?; 1. Introduction; 2. The background; 2. 1 The sociolinguistic context; 2.2. The historical context; 2.3. The local context; 3. The Xhosa informants; 3.1. The grandmother; 3.1.1. Personal history; 3.1.2, Grammatical features; 3.2. The mother; 3.2.1. Personal history; 3.2.2. Grammatical features

Sommario/riassunto

The two volumes of Englishes around the World present high-quality original research papers written in honour of Manfred Görlach, founder and editor of the journal English World-Wide and the book series Varieties of English Around the World. The papers thematically focus on the field that Manfred Görlach has helped to build and shape. Volume 2 of Englishes Around the World presents studies of so-called "New Englishes", post-colonial varieties as spoken predominantly in countries of the former British Empire. There are five contributions on the Caribbean (covering Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad), five articles on Africa (South Africa, East Africa, and Nigeria), six studies of English in Asian countries (Japan, the Philippines, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea), and six papers on Australia and New Zealand. Topics covered range from sociohistorical causes and processes, the nativization of English in different countries, or the expression of individual identities by means of the English language through structural descriptions to sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, lexicographic, pragmatic, stylistic, and other matters. The articles in the respective sections are written by D.R. Craig, L.M. Haynes, P.L.



Patrick, K. Shields-Brodber, and L. Winer; A Banjo, V. de Klerk, R. Mesthrie, J. Schmied, and P. Silva; R.W. Bailey, R. Begum and T. Kandiah, A. Gonzalez, R.R. Mehrotra, P. Mühlhäusler, and M. Newbrook; L. Bauer, S. Butler, M. Clyne, P. Peters and A. Delbridge, G. Tulloch, and G.W. Turner.