Some recent research has suggested that macroeconomic variables, such as output and inflation, can improve interest rate forecasts. However, the evidence for this puzzling result is based on ...

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 3, SPECIAL ISSUE: Person-Centered and Variable-Centered Approaches to Longitudinal Data (July 2006), pp. 390-420 (31 pages) Variable-oriented empirical research ...

This paper discusses the log-multiplicative association model and demonstrates how it can be used in a variety of research situations in which ordinal variables are encountered. The examples pertain ...