1. Report of the Editor—2002

   • Maurizio Vichi

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 3

2. Distribution-free tests for independence against positive quadrant dependence: A generalization

   • I. D. Shetty
   • Parameshwar V. Pandit

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 17

3. BL-GARCH models and asymmetries in volatility

   • Giuseppe Storti
   • Cosimo Vitale

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 39

4. Optimal estimation for finite population mean in two-phase sampling

   • G. Diana
   • C. Tommasi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 48

5. A new strategy for speeding Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms

   • Antonietta Mira
   • Daniel J. Sargent

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 60

6. Dynamic models for space-time prediction via Karhunen-Loève expansion

   • Lara Fontanella
   • Luigi Ippoliti

   OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 78

7. Bayesian analysis of a marked point process: Application in seismic hazard assessment

   • Renata Rotondi
   • Elisa Varini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 92

8. Finite mixtures approach to ecological regression

   • Marco Alfò
   • Cecilia Vitiello

   OriginalPaper Pages: 93 - 108

9. Constrained retropolation of high-frequency data using related series: A simple dynamic model approach

   • Tommaso Di Fonzo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 119