Spatial variation in soil inorganic nitrogen across an arid urban ecosystem

We explored variations in inorganic soil nitrogen (N) concentrations across metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, and the surrounding desert using a probability-based synoptic survey. Data were examined using spatial statistics on the entire region, as well as for the desert and urban sites separately. Concentrations of both NO₃-N and NH₄-N were markedly higher and more heterogeneous amongst urban compared to desert soils. Regional variation in soil NO₃-N concentration was best explained by latitude, land use history, population density, along with percent cover of impervious surfaces and lawn, whereas soil NH₄-N concentrations were related to only latitude and population density. Within the urban area, patterns in both soil NO₃-N and NH₄-N were best predicted by elevation, population density and type of irrigation in the surrounding neighborhood. Spatial autocorrelation of soil NO₃-N concentrations explained 49% of variation among desert sites but was absent between urban sites. We suggest that inorganic soil N concentrations are controlled by a number of ‘local’ or ‘neighborhood’ human-related drivers in the city, rather than factors related to an urban-rural gradient.     

收费公路运营效率测度及时空分异研究

收费公路行业内部债务治理与外部减税降费均要求收费公路运营降本增效。为了探析收费公路运营效率水平及其空间分布格局,使用SBM模型测度了2014—2020年29个省份收费公路运营效率,进而采用泰尔指数和Moran's I指数分析了其时空分异特征。研究认为:收费公路运营存在着效率较低且在时间维度上没有明显增长的趋势,在空间上存在发展不平衡问题,收费公路运营效率的区域差异主要来源于区域内部差异,区域内差异的贡献率平均达到81.578%; 收费公路运营效率具有空间正相关性,呈现出显著的“高-高”集聚和“低-低”集聚的空间特征,运营效率较高的省份对相邻省份具有正向溢出效应。研究表明,各省针对相邻省份或最近省份的运营效率现状,结合自身的比较优势探索产业升级或者物流发展模式,充分发挥相邻省份的经济发展和产业集聚对本省收费公路运营的辐射带动作用,推动建立起收费公路跨区域合作运营机制。     

中国省域碳排放的空间特征及影响因素

通过核密度分布和莫兰指数对中国2000—2015年30省份碳排放强度的动态趋势及集聚特征进行测度,并利用空间杜宾模型对其主要影响因素进行分析。结果显示:（1）中国30省份碳排放强度呈下降趋势,新常态以来低碳步伐加快;（2）碳排放强度的空间集聚性具有高水平集中、低水平集聚特征,空间溢出效应不断增强;（3）本省经济规模、产业结构对本省碳排放强度具有显著的正向影响,专利产出具有显著的负向影响;相邻省份的外商投资规模及能源消费结构变化对本省碳排放具有显著的空间溢出作用。因此,未来中国加快产业结构调整幅度、优化相邻省份间的产业空间布局以及大力发展绿色技术进步是中国促进区域低碳转型的主要方向,同时生态城镇化以及继续改善外商直接投资质量也是减排潜力因子,省域间的减排空间溢出效果不容忽视。     

海南建省以来区域经济差异的测度与评价

采用Theil指数分析、基尼系数分析和局域空间自相关分析等方法,系统测度1988-2011年海南区域经济差异,以此为基础分析海南建省以来区域经济差异的时序变化及空间格局动态。结果显示,海南建省以来区域经济差异呈现先扩大后缩小、继而转平稳波动的阶段性变化,但总体上明显扩大;海南区域经济差异以4类区域间差异为主导,其空间格局总体上呈现内陆与沿海间及沿海内部差异型;海南区域经济差异在量上未突破偏小的非相对合理状态。这些表明,目前海南相对发达区域经济增长水平不高,海南整体经济增长水平偏低,经济增长缺少实力强的增长极带动。推动海南经济快速稳定增长和区域经济协调发展,以支撑海南国际旅游岛建设,必须遵循经济增长的空间规律,强化实施增长极战略,集中有限的力量重点发展海口、三亚、儋州、文昌、澄迈和琼海,在此基础上培育三个有明显辐射带动作用的增长极或核心区,避免遍地开花式的低效率开发和重复建设。     

Comparison of procedures for fitting the autoregressive order of a vector error correction model

This paper investigates the lag length selection problem of a vector error correction model by using a convergent information criterion and tools based on the Box–Pierce methodology recently proposed in the literature. The performances of these approaches for selecting the optimal lag length are compared via Monte Carlo experiments. The effects of misspecified deterministic trend or cointegrating rank on the lag length selection are studied. Noting that processes often exhibit nonlinearities, the cases of iid and conditionally heteroscedastic errors will be considered. Strategies that can avoid misleading situations are proposed.     

Phase I monitoring and change point estimation of autocorrelated poisson regression profiles

The objective of this paper is to study the Phase I monitoring and change point estimation of autocorrelated Poisson profiles where the response values within each profile are autocorrelated. Two charts, the SLRT and the Hotelling's T², are proposed along with an algorithm for parameter estimation. The detecting power of the proposed charts is compared using simulations in terms of the signal probability criterion. The performance of the SLRT method in estimating the change point in the regression parameters is also evaluated. Moreover, a real data example is presented to illustrate the application of the methods.     

The robustness of the systemwise breusch-godfrey autocorrelation test for non-normal distributed error terms

Using Monte Carlo methods, the properties of systemwise generalisations of the Breusch-Godfrey test for autocorrelated errors are studied in situations when the error terms follow either normal or non-normal distributions, and when these errors follow either AR(1) or MA(1) processes. Edgerton and Shukur (1999) studied the properties of the test using normally distributed error terms and when these errors follow an AR(1) process. When the errors follow a non-normal distribution, the performances of the tests deteriorate especially when the tails are very heavy. The performances of the tests become better (as in the case when the errors are generated by the normal distribution) when the errors are less heavy tailed.     

Causes of Increasing Ages at Marriage: An International Regression Study

Abstract

The mean age at marriage is increasing in nearly all regions of the world, with the gender age difference at marriage tending to decrease. Five hypotheses for these trends (economic modernization, supply and demand, social/cultural/religious influences, healthcare quality, and longevity risk sharing) are tested through cross-country regression analyses of the timing and prevalence of marriage, using 40 explanatory variables from 156 countries. The dependent variables are female mean age at marriage, gender age difference, and proportion of females married by age 20-24. Ample evidence of the impact of economic modernization and education is found. The influence of cultural beliefs is evidenced by the presence of religious variables in several selected regression equations.     

反馈交易规则与股票收益自相关实证分析

研究了反馈交易规则与上证综合指数日收益自相关之间的联系，样本取自上证指数１９９２年９月２９日至１９９７年９月３０日的日收益率数据。此外，文中采用ＧＡＲＣＨ（１，１）处理收益波动的异方差性，模型参数采用极大似然估计。实证模型还考虑了非同步交易引起的工序列相关以及反馈交易的非对称性。结果表明，除以往文献涉及的正序列相关外，正反馈交易将导致收益负的序列自相关，且相关系数绝对值随波动增大而增大，从而整个收益表现出随波动变化的序列相关。     

The estimation of derivatives of a nonparametric regression function when the data are correlated

A kernel estimator of a derivative of arbitrary order of a nonparametric average population curve is considered for a correlated-errors model with balanced replicate measurements at each design point. Asymptotic expansions of the mean squared error are derived for two classes of correlation functions in the model. Consistency, choice of smoothing parameter, and rates of convergence are examined for the important special cases of estimating the first and second derivatives.