Statistica (2005). Vol. 2

SOMMARIO:

The meaning of kurtosis, the influence function and an early intuition by L. Faleschini
Anna Maria Fiori, Michele Zenga

Spatial dependence and non-linearities in regional growth behaviour in Italy
Giuseppe Arbia, Roberto Basile

Bernstein-type approximations of smooth functions
Andrea Pallini

Bayesian estimation of Lorenz curve, Gini-index and variance of logarithms in a Pareto distribution
E. I. Abdul-Sathar, E. S. Jeevanand, K. R. Muraleedharan Nair

A methodology for the measure of secondary homes tourist flows at municipal level
Andrea Guizzardi

On the computation of upper approximations to ultimate ruin probabilities in case of DFR claimsize distributions
Luca Barzanti, Corrado Corradi

The mathematics of chance
Domenico Costantini

Book reviews
Raccolta delle recensioni e segnalazioni bibliografiche
AA. VV.