The other-race effect (ORE) refers to the phenomenon that recognition memory for other-race faces is worse than for ownrace faces. We investigated whether White Germans exhibited an ORE towards Turkish or Arabic faces using a multinomial processing tree model (MPT), the two-high threshold model of recognition memory with three response categories (old, skip, and new). Using an MPT enabled us to...

The radiation risk of skin cancer by histological types has been evaluated in the atomic bomb survivors. We examined 80,158 of the 120,321 cohort members who had their radiation dose estimated by the latest dosimetry system (DS02). Potential skin tumors diagnosed from 1958 to 1996 were reviewed by a panel of pathologists, and radiation risk of the first primary skin cancer was analyzed by histo...

This paper develops a threshold regression model where an unknown relationship between two variables nonparametrically determines the threshold. We allow observations to be cross-sectionally dependent so that can applied determine spatial border for sample splitting over random field. derive uniform rate of convergence and nonstandard limiting distribution nonparametric estimator. also obtain r...

Based on the panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model, this paper empirically analyzes relationship between Chinese local government’s bond financing and economic growth, with quarterly data of bonds issued by governments their investment platform companies in open market from 2008 to 2018 as samples. The research shows that there is a gradual non-linear government growth China. With inc...

We use a Panel Smooth Transition Regression model (PSTR) to investigate the nonlinear dynamic relationship between financial variables and REITs 1 of Japan and U.S with 3-month interest rate change as threshold variable. We discuss the relationship between explained variable of REITs return and explanatory variables (10 year bond interest rate, real estate return and stock return) within two re...