We nd necessary and su cient conditions for the CLT for Markov chains with a countable state space embedded in the space lp for p¿1. This result is an extension of the uniform CLT over the family of indicator functions in Levental (Stochastic Processes Appl. 34 (1990) 245–253), where the result is equivalent to our case p=1. A similar extension for the uniform CLT over a family of possibly unbo...

I analyze the effect of inequality on economic growth in Latin America, where inequality is measured as the area of family farms as a percentage of the total area of agricultural holdings. Using data from 18 Latin American countries between 1960 and 2004, I find that inequality has a nonlinear effect on economic growth. Overall, for the countries included in this analysis, the share of family f...

For mapping energetic interactions in proteins, a technique was developed that uses evolutionary data for a protein family to measure statistical interactions between amino acid positions. For the PDZ domain family, this analysis predicted a set of energetically coupled positions for a binding site residue that includes unexpected long-range interactions. Mutational studies confirm these predic...

We report an analysis of intramolecular dynamics of the highly excited planar carbonyl sulfide below and at the dissociation threshold by the fast Lyapunov indicator method. By mapping out the variety of dynamical regimes in the phase space of this molecule, we obtain the degree of regularity of the system versus its energy. We combine this stability analysis with a periodic orbit search, which...

Abstract Using the framework of random walks in random scenery, Cohen and Samorodnitsky (2006) introduced a family of symmetric α-stable motions called local time fractional stable motions. When α = 2, these processes are precisely fractional Brownian motions with 1/2 < H < 1. Motivated by random walks in alternating scenery, we find a complementary family of symmetric α-stable motions which we...

In this paper, I construct a novel composite sentiment indicator which captures the irrational beliefs of general population in Germany. This is used to demonstrate that public responsible for temporary overreaction aggregate German stock market, but also its narrower segments embodied four important equity indices from DAX family. My results show population-wide work as contrarian predictor fu...

This paper employs panel data on 413 German counties and cities from 2004 to 2009 to investigate the supply of new single-family housing in local housing markets. New local housing supply is measured by the annual number of construction permits in relation to the existing single-family housing stock. This supply indicator is econometrically related to existing home prices and new housing develo...

We examined the relationship between family structure and hooking up among emerging adults (N = 881) and the extent to which attachment moderated this relationship. Neither family structure nor number of structure transitions were related to the number of hookup partners in the past 12 months. Having an avoidant attachment, being an underclassman, consuming more alcohol, and not being in an exc...