scholarly journals Firearms and the Decline of Violence in Europe: 1200-2010

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Carlisle E. Moody
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Change Models ◽  
Alternatives To Violence ◽  
Personal Violence

Personal violence, has declined substantially in Europe from 1200-2010. The conventional wisdom is that the state’s monopoly on violence is the cause of this happy result. I find some evidence that does not support this hypothesis. I suggest an alternative hypothesis that could explain at least some of the reduction in violence, namely that the invention and proliferation of compact, concealable, ready-to-use firearms caused potential assailants to recalculate the probability of a successful assault and seek alternatives to violence. I use structural change models to test this hypothesis and find breakpoints consistent with the invention of certain firearms.

scholarly journals Assessing Structural Change in the Demand for Food Commodities

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Haidacher
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Conventional Wisdom ◽  
Rules Of Thumb ◽  
Food Commodities

Perhaps out of a concern for efficiency, or for other reasons, we develop or adopt rules—the simpler are called “rules of thumb”—to direct and govern much of our behavior. The bases for these rules are many and varied, assumption, conventional wisdom, experience, theory, to mention a few.

Estimating restricted structural change models

2006 ◽  
Vol 134 (2) ◽  
pp. 373-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Perron ◽  
Zhongjun Qu
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Change Models

A Nonparametric Conditional Moment Test for Structural Stability

1995 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Hidalgo
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Asymptotic Efficiency ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Structural Instability ◽  
Monte Carlo Experiment ◽  
Local Power ◽  
Conditional Moment

This paper considers a nonparametric conditional moment test of stability of an econometric model against the alternative of instability. The alternative hypothesis allows for more than one structural change, although in this case it has to be fairly smooth. This complements existing results for stability in a parametric setting. Also, it is shown that the test is always consistent, unlike the available “parametric” tests, which normally rely on the assumption of a correct specification of the model, at least under the null hypothesis of no structural instability. Moreover, we show that the test has local power comparable to the parametric ones; that is, its asymptotic efficiency is greater than zero. A Monte Carlo experiment about the performance of our test is described.

Structural Change Models with an Application in Cryogenic Thermometry

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-264
Author(s):  
Daniela Ichim ◽  
Ilaria Peroni ◽  
Fernando Sparasci
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Change Models ◽  
Cryogenic Thermometry

scholarly journals Modulation of the alkaline transition in cytochrome c and cytochrome c-T by full or specific partial acetimidylation

1984 ◽  
Vol 217 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
C J A Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Strong Field ◽  
Alternative Hypothesis ◽  
Lysine Residue ◽  
Comprehensive View ◽  
Alkaline Transition ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Horse Cytochrome

Acetimidylated horse cytochrome c and related derivatives exhibit more or less marked changes, both upscale and downscale, in apparent pK of the alkaline transition. This transition occurs when the normal methionine-80 residue is replaced at the sixth haem co-ordination position by another strong-field ligand. Analysis of the relationship between structural change and pK shift in these derivatives supports the view that the replacement ligand is a lysine residue, probably 72 or 79, and contradicts an alternative hypothesis. The results add further detail to a comprehensive view of the mechanism of this isomerization.

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