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Preface
This volume contains revised versions of selected papers presented at the seventhbiannual meeting of the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG) of theItalian Statistical Society, organized by the Faculty of Economics at the Universityof Catania in September 2009.
The conference encompassed 150 presentations organized in 3 plenary talks and42 sessions. Moreover, one tutorial on mixture modeling took place before themeeting. With 225 attendees from 11 countries, the conference provided an attrac-tive interdisciplinary international forum for discussion and mutual exchange ofknowledge. The topics of all plenary and specialized sessions were chosen to fitthe mission of CLADAG which is to promote methodological, computational andapplied research within the fields of Classification, Data Analysis and MultivariateStatistics.
The chapters in this volume were selected in a second peer review process afterthe conference. In addition to the fundamental areas of clustering and discrimina-tion, multidimensional data analysis and data mining, the volume contains somechapters concerning data analysis and statistical modeling in areas like evaluation,economics, finance, environmental and medical sciences, industry and services.
We would like to express our gratitude to the members of the Scientific Programcommittee for their ability to attract interesting contributions. We wish also thankthe session organizers for inviting speakers, the chairpersons and discussants of thesessions for their stimulating comments and suggestions. We are very grateful tothe referees for their careful reviews of the submitted papers and for the time spentin this professional activity. We gratefully acknowledge the Faculty of Economicsof the University of Catania and the Department of Economics and QuantitativeMethods, the Department of Economics and Territory, the Department of Sociologyand Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Political Sciences for financial support. Weare also indebted to SAS, CEUR Foundation and the Foundation for Subsidiarityfor their support. A special thank is due to the Local Organizing Committee for thiswell-organized conference.
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Finally, we would like to thank Dr. Martina Bihn of Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg,for her support and dedication to the production of this volume.
Catania Salvatore IngrassiaRoma Roberto RocciRoma Maurizio VichiJuly 2010
Contents
Part I Data Modeling for Evaluation
Evaluating the Effects of Subsidies to Firms with NonignorablyMissing Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Fabrizia Mealli, Barbara Pacini, and Giulia Roli
Evaluating Lecturers Capability Over Time. Some Evidencefrom Surveys on University Course Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Isabella Sulis, Mariano Porcu, and Nicola Tedesco
Evaluating the External Effectiveness of the UniversityEducation in Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Matilde Bini
Analyzing Research Potential through Redundancy Analysis:the case of the Italian University System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Cristina Davino, Francesco Palumbo, and Domenico Vistocco
A Participative Process for the Definition of a Human CapitalIndicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Luigi Fabbris, Giovanna Boccuzzo, Maria Cristiana Martini,and Manuela Scioni
Using Poset Theory to Compare Fuzzy MultidimensionalMaterial Deprivation Across Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Marco Fattore, Rainer Brggemann, and Jan Owsinski
Some Notes on the Applicability of Cluster-Weighted Modelingin Effectiveness Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Simona C. Minotti
Impact Evaluation of Job Training Programs by a LatentVariable Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Francesco Bartolucci and Fulvia Pennoni
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Part II Data Analysis in Economics
Analysis of Collaborative Patterns in Innovative Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Alfredo Del Monte, Maria Rosaria DEsposito,Giuseppe Giordano, and Maria Prosperina Vitale
The Measure of Economic Re-Evaluation: a Coefficient Basedon Conjoint Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Paolo Mariani, Mauro Mussini, and Emma Zavarrone
Do Governments Effectively Stabilize Fuel Prices by ReducingSpecific Taxes? Evidence from Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Marina Di Giacomo, Massimiliano Piacenza, and Gilberto Turati
An Analysis of Industry Sector Via Model Based Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101Carmen Cutugno
Impact of Exogenous Shocks on Oil Product Market Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Antonio Angelo Romano and Giuseppe Scandurra
Part III Nonparametric Kernel Estimation
Probabilistic Forecast for Northern New Zealand SeismicProcess Based on a Forward Predictive Kernel Estimator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119Giada Adelfio and Marcello Chiodi
Discrete Beta Kernel Graduation of Age-Specific DemographicIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Angelo Mazza and Antonio Punzo
Kernel-Type Smoothing Methods of Adjusting for UnitNonresponse in Presence of Multiple and Different TypeCovariates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135Emilia Rocco
Part IV Data Analysis in Industry and Services
Measurement Errors and Uncertainty: A Statistical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . .145Laura Deldossi and Diego Zappa
Measurement Uncertainty in Quantitative ChimerismMonitoring after Stem Cell Transplantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155Ron S. Kenett, Deborah Koltai, and Don Kristt
Satisfaction, Loyalty and WOM in Dental Care Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165Paolo Mariani and Emma Zavarrone
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Controlled Calibration in Presence of Clustered Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173Silvia Salini and Nadia Solaro
Part V Visualization of Relationships
Latent Ties Identification in Inter-Firms Social Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185Patrizia Ameli, Federico Niccolini, and Francesco Palumbo
A Universal Procedure for Biplot Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195Jan Graffelman
Analysis of Skew-Symmetry in Proximity Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203Giuseppe Bove
Social Stratification and Consumption Patterns: CulturalPractices and Lifestyles in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211Miki Nakai
Centrality of Asymmetric Social Network: Singular ValueDecomposition, Conjoint Measurement, and AsymmetricMultidimensional Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219Akinori Okada
Part VI Classification
Some Perspectives on Multivariate Outlier Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231Andrea Cerioli, Anthony C. Atkinson, and Marco Riani
Spatial Clustering of Multivariate Data Using WeightedMAX-SAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239Silvia Liverani and Alessandra Petrucci
Clustering Multiple Data Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247Antonio Balzanella, Yves Lechevallier, and Rosanna Verde
Notes on the Robustness of Regression Trees Against Skewedand Contaminated Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255Giuliano Galimberti, Marilena Pillati, and Gabriele Soffritti
A Note on Model Selection in STIMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265Claudio Conversano
Conditional Classification Trees by Weighting the GiniImpurity Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273Antonio DAmbrosio and Valerio A. Tutore
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Part VII Analysis of Financial Data
Visualizing and Exploring High Frequency Financial Data:Beanplot Time Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283Carlo Drago and Germana Scepi
Using Partial Least Squares Regression in Lifetime Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291Intissar Mdimagh and Salwa Benammou
Robust Portfolio Asset Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301Luigi Grossi and Fabrizio Laurini
A Dynamic Analysis of Stock Markets through MultivariateLatent Markov Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311Michele Costa and Luca De Angelis
A MEM Analysis of African Financial Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319Giorgia Giovannetti and Margherita Velucchi
Group Structured Volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329Pietro Coretto, Michele La Rocca, and Giuseppe Storti
Part VIII Functional Data Analysis
Clustering Spatial Functional Data: A Method Basedon a Nonparametric Variogram Estimation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339Elvira Romano, Rosanna Verde, and Valentina Cozza
Prediction of an Industrial Kneading Processvia the Adjustment Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347Giuseppina D. Costanzo, Francesco DellAccio, and GiulioTrombetta
Dealing with FDA Estimation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357Tonio Di Battista, Stefano A. Gattone, and Angela De Sanctis
Part IX Computer Intensive Methods
Testing for Dependence in Mixed Effect Modelsfor Multivariate Mixed Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369Marco Alf, Luciano Nieddu, and Donatella Vicari
Size and Power of Tests for Regression Outliers in the ForwardSearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377Francesca Torti and Domenico Perrotta
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Using the Bootstrap in the Analysis of Fractionated ScreeningDesigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385Anthony Cossari
CRAGGING Measures of Variable Importance for Datawith Hierarchical Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393Marika Vezzoli and Paola Zuccolotto
Regression Trees with Moderating Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401Gianfranco Giordano and Massimo Aria
Data Mining for Longitudinal Data with Different Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409Mouna Akacha, Thas C.O. Fonseca, and Silvia Liverani
Part X Data Analysis in Environmental and Medical Sciences
Supervised Classification of Thermal High-ResolutionIR Images for the Diagnosis of Raynauds Phenomenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419Graziano Aretusi, Lara Fontanella, Luigi Ippoliti, and ArcangeloMerla
A Mixture Regression Model for Resistin Levels Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429Gargano Romana and Alibrandi Angela
Interpreting Air Quality Indices as Random Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437Francesca Bruno and Daniela Cocchi
Comparing Air Quality Indices Aggregated by Pollutant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447Mariantonietta Ruggieri and Antonella Plaia
Identifying Partitions of Genes and Tissue Samplesin Microarray Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455Francesca Martella and Marco Alf
Part XI Analysis of Categorical Data
Assessing Balance of Categorical Covariates and MeasuringLocal Effects in Observational Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465Furio Camillo and Ida DAttoma
Handling Missing Data in Presence of Categorical Variables:a New Imputation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473Pier Alda Ferrari, Alessandro Barbiero, and Giancarlo Manzi
The Brown and Payne Model of Voter Transition Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481Antonio Forcina and Giovanni M. Marchetti
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On the Nonlinearity of Homogeneous Ordinal Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489Maurizio Carpita and Marica Manisera
New Developments in Ordinal Non SymmetricalCorrespondence Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497Biagio Simonetti, Luigi DAmbra, and Pietro Amenta
Correspondence Analysis of Surveys with Multiple ResponseQuestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505Amaya Zrraga and Beatriz Goitisolo
Part XII Multivariate Analysis
Control Sample, Association and Causality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517Riccardo Borgoni, Donata Marasini, and Piero Quatto
A Semantic Based Dirichlet Compound Multinomial Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525Paola Cerchiello and Elvio Concetto Bonafede
Distance-Based Approach in Multivariate Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535Carles M. Cuadras
New Weighed Similarity Indexes for Market SegmentationUsing Categorical Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543Isabella Morlini and Sergio Zani
Causal Inference with Multivariate Outcomes: a SimulationStudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553Paolo Frumento, Fabrizia Mealli, and Barbara Pacini
Using Multilevel Models to Analyse the Context of ElectoralData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561Rosario DAgata and Venera Tomaselli
A Geometric Approach to Subset Selection and SparseSufficient Dimension Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569Luca Scrucca
Local Statistical Models for Variables Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577Silvia Figini
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585
Contributors
Giada Adelfio Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche S. Vianelli,Universit di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, ed. 13, 90128 Palermo (Italy),[email protected]
Marco Alf Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza Universit di Roma,Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma, Italy, [email protected]
Angela Alibrandi Department of Economical, Financial, Social, Environmental,Statistical and Territorial Sciences, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi 27, 98122,Messina (Italy), [email protected]
Patrizia Ameli Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie,Universit di Macerata, Via Crescimbeni 2021, 62100 Macerata (Italy),[email protected]
Mouna Akacha Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL Warwick (United Kingdom), [email protected]
Pietro Amenta Department of Social and Economic System Analysis, Universitdel Sannio, Via delle Puglie 82, 82100, Benevento (Italy), [email protected]
Graziano Aretusi D.M.Q.T.E., University of G. dAnnunzio, Viale Pindaro 42,I-65127 Pescara (Italy), [email protected]
Massimo Aria Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of NaplesFederico II, Via Cinthia 26, (Monte SantAngelo), 80126 Napoli (Italy),[email protected]
Anthony C. Atkinson Department of Statistics, The London School of Economics,London WC2A 2AE (United Kingdom), [email protected]
Antonio Balzanella Dipartimento di Strategie Aziendali e MetodologieQuantitative Facolt di Economia, Seconda Universit degli Studi di Napoli, Viadel Setificio, 81100 Caserta (Italy), [email protected]
Alessandro Barbiero Department of Economics, Business and Statistics,Universit degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
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Francesco Bartolucci Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica, Universitdi Perugia, Via Alessandro Pascoli 20, 06123 Perugia (Italy), [email protected]
Salwa Benammou Facult de Droit & des Sciences Economiques &Politiques, Universit de Sousse, Cit Erriadh - 4023 Sousse (Tunisia),[email protected]
Matilde Bini Dipartimento di Economia, Universit Europea di Roma, Via degliAldobrandeschi 190, 00163 Roma (Italy), [email protected]
Giovanna Boccuzzo Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit di Padova,Via Cesare Battisti 241, 35121 Padova (Italy), [email protected]
Elvio C. Bonafede Department of Statistics and Applied Economics L.Lenti,Corso Strada Nuova 65, Pavia (Italy), [email protected]
Riccardo Borgoni Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Giuseppe Bove Dipartimento di Scienze dellEducazione, Universit degli StudiRoma Tre, Via del Castro Pretorio 20, 00185 Roma (Italy), [email protected]
Rainer Brggemann Department Ecohydrology, Leibniz-Institute of FreshwaterEcology and Inland Fisheries, Mueggelseedamm 310. D-12587 Berlin, (Germany),[email protected]
Francesca Bruno Department of Statistics Paolo Fortunati, University ofBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Furio Camillo Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Bologna, Via delle BelleArti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Maurizio Carpita Department of Quantitative Methods, University of Brescia,Contrada S. Chiara 50, 25122 Brescia (Italy), [email protected]
Paola Cerchiello Department of Statistics and Applied Economics L.Lenti,Corso Strada Nuova 65, Pavia (Italy), [email protected]
Andrea Cerioli Dipartimento di Economia, Sezione di Statistica e Informatica,Universit di Parma Via Kennedy 6, 43100 Parma Italy, [email protected]
Marcello Chiodi Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche S. Vianelli,Universit di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, ed. 13, 90128 Palermo (Italy),[email protected]
Daniela Cocchi Department of Statistics Paolo Fortunati, University ofBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Claudio Conversano Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Cagliari, Viale FrIgnazio 17, I-09123 Cagliari (Italy), [email protected]
Pietro Coretto Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universit diSalerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), [email protected]
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Anthony Cossari Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Calabria,Via Bucci CUBO 0C, 87036 Rende Cosenza (Italy), [email protected]
Michele Costa Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Giuseppina D. Costanzo Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica, Universitdella Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy),[email protected]
Valentina Cozza Dipartimento di Statistica e matematica per la ricerca economica,Universit di Napoli Parthenope, Via Medina 40 I Piano, 80133 Napoli (Italy),[email protected]
Carles M. Cuadras Department of Statistics, University of Barcelona, Diagonal645, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), [email protected]
Carmen Cutugno Dipartimento di Impresa Culture e Societ, Universit diCatania, Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania (Italy), [email protected]
Rosario DAgata University of Catania, Via Vittorio Emanuele II 8, 95129Catania (Italy), [email protected]
Luigi DAmbra Department of Biological Sciences, Universit di NapoliFederico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Napoli (Italy), [email protected]
Antonio DAmbrosio Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Universityof Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 26 (Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy),[email protected]
Ida DAttoma Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Bologna, Via delle BelleArti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Cristina Davino Dipartimento di Studi sullo Sviluppo Economico, Universit diMacerata, Via Piaggia della Torre 8, 62100 Macerata (Italy), [email protected]
Luca De Angelis Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Angela De Sanctis D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. DAnnunzio, VialePindaro 42, I-65127, Pescara (Italy), [email protected]
Alfredo Del Monte Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Napoli Federico II,Via Cinthia 26 (Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy), [email protected]
Laura Deldossi Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit CattolicaDel Sacro Cuore di Milano, Largo A. Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Francesco DellAccio Dipartimento di Matematica, Universit della Calabria, ViaP. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy), [email protected]
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@unical.it
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Maria R. DEsposito Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche,Universit di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy),[email protected]
Tonio Di Battista D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. dAnnunzio, VialePindaro 42, I-65127, Pescara (Italy), [email protected]
Marina Di Giacomo Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e FinanziarieG. Prato, Universit di Torino, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis, 10134 Torino(Italy)
and
HERMES (Center for Research on Law and Economics of Regulated Services),Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (TO), Italy,[email protected]
Carlo Drago Dipartimento di Matematica e Statistica, Universit di NapoliFederico II, Via Cinthia 26 (Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy),[email protected]
Luigi Fabbris Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit di Padova, ViaCesare Battisti 241, 35121 Padova (Italy), [email protected]
Marco Fattore Dipartimento di Metodi Quantitativi per le Scienze Economicheed Aziendali, Universit degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degliArcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), [email protected]
Pier A. Ferrari Department of Economics, Business and Statistics,Universit degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Silvia Figini Department of Statistics and Applied Economics L. Lenti,University of Pavia, Via Strada Nuova 65, 27100 Pavia (Italy),[email protected]
Thas C.O. Fonseca Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, CoventryCV4 7AL Warwick, (United Kingdom), [email protected]
Lara Fontanella D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. DAnnunzio, VialePindaro 42, I-65127 Pescara (Italy), [email protected]
Antonio Forcina Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica, Universit diPerugia, Via Pascoli 10, 06100 Perugia (Italy), [email protected]
Paolo Frumento Scuola Superiore S. Anna di Pisa, Piazza Martiri della Libert33, 56127 Pisa (Italy), [email protected]
Giuliano Galimberti Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati,Universit di Bologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy),[email protected]
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]
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Romana Gargano Department of Economical, Financial, Social, Environmental,Statistical and Territorial Sciences, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi 27, 98122,Messina (Italy), [email protected]
Stefano A. Gattone Department SEFeMEQ, University of TorVergata, Rome, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Roma (Italy),[email protected]
Gianfranco Giordano Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University ofNaples Federico II, Via Cinthia 26, (Monte SantAngelo), 80126 Napoli (Italy),[email protected]
Giuseppe Giordano Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universitdi Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), [email protected]
Giorgia Giovannetti Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Firenze,Via delle Pandette 6 (FI) and European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana,Via dei Roccettini 9, I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy,[email protected]
Beatriz Goitisolo Department of Applied Economics III, University of BasqueCountry, Bilbao, Spain, [email protected]
Jan Graffelman Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Department of Statisticsand Operations Research, Av. Diagonal, 647, 6th floor, 08028 Barcelona, Spain,[email protected]
Luigi Grossi Universit di Verona, Via dellArtigliere 19, 37129 Verona (Italy),[email protected]
Luigi Ippoliti D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. DAnnunzio, Viale Pindaro42, I-65127 Pescara (Italy), [email protected]
Ron S. Kenett KPA Ltd., Raanana, Israel and University of Torino, Torino (Italy),[email protected]
Deborah Koltai Bar Ilan University, Department of Statistics, Israel, [email protected]
Don Kristt Unit of Molecular Pathology, Laboratory of Histocompati-bility and Immunogenetics, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikvah, Israel,[email protected]
Michele La Rocca Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universitdi Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), [email protected]
Fabrizio Laurini Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Parma,Via Kennedy 6, 43100 Parma (Italy), [email protected]
Yves Lechevallier INRIA, 78153 Le Chesnay cedex, (France),[email protected]
Silvia Liverani Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, (UnitedKingdom), [email protected]
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]
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Marica Manisera Department of Quantitative Methods, University of Brescia,Contrada S. Chiara 50, 25122 Brescia (Italy), [email protected]
Giancarlo Manzi Department of Economics, Business and Statistics,Universit degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Donata Marasini Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Giovanni M. Marchetti Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit diFirenze, Viale Morgagni, 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), [email protected]
Paolo Mariani Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Milano - Bicocca, ViaBicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), [email protected]
Francesca Martella Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Sapienza Universit diRoma, P.le A. Moro, 5 00185 Roma, Italia, [email protected]
Maria C. Martini Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Sciences,Universit degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Viale Allegri 9, 42121 ReggioEmilia (Italy), [email protected]
Angelo Mazza Dipartimento di Impresa, Culture e Societ, Universit di Catania,Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania (Italy), [email protected]
Intissar Mdimagh Institut Superieur de Gestion, Universit de Sousse, RueAbedelaziz El Bahi - B.P. 763, 4000 Sousse, (Tunisia), [email protected]
Fabrizia Mealli Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit degli Studi diFirenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), [email protected]
Arcangelo Merla Clinical Sciences and Bioimaging Department; Instituteof Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Foundation University of PescaraG. DAnnunzio, [email protected]
Simona C. Minotti Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Isabella Morlini Department of Economics, University of Modena, VialeBerengario 51, 41121 Modena (Italy), [email protected]
Mauro Mussini Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Milano - Bicocca, ViaBicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), [email protected]
Miki Nakai Department of Social Sciences, College of Social Sciences,Ritsumeikan University, 56-I Toji-in kitamachi, Kyoto 603-8577, (Japan),[email protected]
Federico Niccolini Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie,Universit di Macerata, Via Crescimbeni 20 I, 62100 Macerata (Italy),[email protected]
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@unimc.it
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Luciano Nieddu LUSPIO, Via C. Colombo, 200, 00145 Roma, Italy,[email protected]
Akinori Okada Graduate School of Management and InformationSciences, Tama University, 4-1-1 Hijirigaoka Tama city Tokyo 206-0022,[email protected]
Jan Owsinski Department of Systems Methods Applications, Systems ResearchInstitute, Polish Academy of Sciences, [email protected]
Barbara Pacini Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica, Universit di Pisa, ViaC. Ridolfi 10, 56124 Pisa (Italy), [email protected]
Francesco Palumbo Dipartimento di Scienze Relazionali Gustavo Iacono,Universit di Napoli Federico II, Via Porta di Massa 1, 80133 Napoli (Italy),[email protected]
Fulvia Pennoni Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano-Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Domenico Perrotta European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute forthe Protection and Security of the Citizen, Via E. Fermi 1, 21020, Ispra (Italy),[email protected]
Alessandra Petrucci Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit diFirenze, Viale Moragni 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), [email protected]
Massimiliano Piacenza Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e FinanziarieG. Prato, universit di Torino, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis, 10134 Torino(Italy)
and
HERMES (Center for Research on Law and Economics of Regulated Services),Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (TO), Italy,[email protected]
Marilena Pillati Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Antonella Plaia Department of Statistical and Mathematical SciencesS. Vianelli, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 13, 90128, Palermo(Italy), [email protected]
Mariano Porcu Dipartimento di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Universit diCagliari, Viale S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari (Italy), [email protected]
Antonio Punzo Dipartimento di Impresa, Culture e Societ, Universit di Catania,Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania (Italy), [email protected]
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]
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Piero Quatto Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Marco Riani Dipartimento di Economia, Sezione di Statistica e Informatica,Universit di Parma Via Kennedy 6, 43100 Parma Italy, [email protected]
Emilia Rocco Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit di Firenze,Viale Morgagni 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), [email protected]
Giulia Roli Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Antonio A. Romano Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica per la Ricercaeconomica, Universit di Napoli Parthenope, Via Medina 40 I Piano, 80133Napoli (Italy), [email protected]
Elvira Romano Dipartimento di Studi Europei e Mediterranei, SecondaUniversit degli studi di Napoli, Via del Setificio 15, 81100 Caserta (Italy),[email protected]
Mariantonietta Ruggieri Department of Statistical and Mathematical SciencesS. Vianelli, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 13, 90128, Palermo(Italy), [email protected]
Silvia Salini Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Aziendali e Statistiche,Universit degli studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
Giuseppe Scandurra Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica per la RicercaEconomica, Universit di Napoli Parthenope, Via Medina 40 I Piano, 80133Napoli (Italy), [email protected]
Germana Scepi Dipartimento di Matematica e Statistica, Universit di NapoliFederico II, Via Cinthia 26(Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy), [email protected]
Manuela Scioni Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit di Padova, ViaCesare Battisti 241, 35121 Padova (Italy), [email protected]
Luca Scrucca Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica, Universitdegli Studi di Perugia, Via Alessandro Pascoli 20, 06123 Perugia (Italy),[email protected]
Biagio Simonetti Department of Social and Economic System Analysis,Universit del Sannio, Via delle Puglie 82, 82100, Benevento (Italy),[email protected]
Gabriele Soffritti Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), [email protected]
Nadia Solaro Dipartimento di statistica, Universit di Milano - Bicocca, ViaBicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), [email protected]
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]
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Giuseppe Storti Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universit diSalerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), [email protected]
Isabella Sulis Dipartimento di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Universit diCagliari, Viale S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari (Italy), [email protected]
Nicola Tedesco Dipartimento di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Universit diCagliari, Viale S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari (Italy), [email protected]
Venera Tomaselli University of Catania, Via Vittorio Emanuele II 8, 95129Catania (Italy), [email protected]
Francesca Torti University of Parma, Faculty of Economics, Via J.F. Kennedy 6,43100 Parma (Italy), [email protected]
Giulio Trombetta Dipartimento di Matematica, UNICAL, Via P. Bucci, 87036Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy), [email protected]
Gilberto Turati Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Finanziarie G. Prato,Universit di Torino, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis, 10134 Torino (Italy)
and
HERMES (Center for Research on Law and Economics of Regulated Services),Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (TO), [email protected]
Valerio A. Tutore Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of NaplesFederico II, [email protected]
Margherita Velucchi Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit diFirenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni, 59 (FI), Italy, [email protected]
Rosanna Verde Dipartimento di Studi Europei e Mediterranei, SecondaUniversit degli studi di Napoli, Via del Setificio 15, 81100 Caserta (Italy),[email protected]
Marika Vezzoli Department of Quantitative Methods, University of Brescia,Contrada Santa Chiara 50, 25122 Brescia (Italy), [email protected]
Donatella Vicari Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza Universit diRoma, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma, Italy, [email protected]
Domenico Vistocco Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Universit di Cassino,Via Marconi 10, 03043 Cassino (Italy), [email protected]
Maria P. Vitale Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universit diSalerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), [email protected]
Sergio Zani Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy 6,43100 Parma (Italy), [email protected]
Diego Zappa Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit CattolicaDel Sacro Cuore di Milano, Largo A. Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano (Italy),[email protected]
[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]@unicatt.it
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Amaya Zrraga Department of Applied Economics III, University of BasqueCountry, Bilbao, Spain, [email protected]
Emma Zavarrone IULM, Institute of Consumer, Behaviour and CorporateCommunication, Via Carlo Bo 1, 20143 Milano (Italy), [email protected]
[email protected]@iulm.it
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