Table of Contents

Heinz Grohmann.- Hans Schneeweiss.- Heinrich Strecker.- Articles.- Least-Squares Index Numbers.- Stationary State Equations for Personnel Flows in Hierarchical Organizations with Entry at Lowest Rank and Promotion from Within.- Polynomial Entropy.- On the Formation of Statistical Models.- Estimation without Invariance and Hsu’s Theorem in Variance Component Models.- Konzepte zur weichen Modellierung sozioökonomischer Zusammenhänge.- Statistical Modelling.- Methoden zur Messung der Schattenwirtschaft.- Searching for the Best Offer when the Distribution of Offers is Truly Unknown.- Fuzzy Weighting in Multiple-Objective Decision Making; the Contributions of Menges and Some New Developments.- Simultaneous Determination of Capital Flows, the Exchange Rate and Interest Rates in the Bonn Forecasting Model 11.- C-Optimal Decisions with Optimality Properties for Finite Sample Size.- Prediction with Arima Filters.- Exploration and Inference.- Estimating Linear Relations with Errors in the Variables: the Merging of Two Approaches.- Einige Bemerkungen zum Konzept der Kohärenz.- The Estimation of Ratios and Related Quantities.- On a Concept of Asymptotical Risk in Survey Sampling.- Estimation of the Response Variance in Surveys.- Curriculum Vitae Günter Menges.- List of Obituaries.- List of Authors.