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CSDA
2008
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How useful are approximations to mean and variance of the index of dissimilarity?
Sociologists, demographers, and economists often use the index of dissimilarity, D, to describe the extent of racial, ethnic, spatial, or areal dissimilarity (or segregation) of d...
Madhuri S. Mulekar, John C. Knutson, Jyoti A. Cham...
CSDA
2008
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Bootstrap confidence intervals for principal response curves
The principal response curve (PRC) model is of use to analyse multivariate data resulting from experiments involving repeated sampling in time. The time-dependent treatment effect...
Marieke E. Timmerman, Cajo J. F. ter Braak
CSDA
2008
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Robustness of Fourier estimator of integrated volatility in the presence of microstructure noise
The finite sample properties of the Fourier estimator of integrated volatility under market microstructure noise are studied. Analytic expressions for the bias and the mean square...
M. E. Mancino, S. Sanfelici
CSDA
2008
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Step-up and step-down procedures controlling the number and proportion of false positives
In multiple hypotheses testing, it is important to control the probability of rejecting "true" null hypotheses. A standard procedure has been to control the family-wise ...
Paul N. Somerville, Claudia Hemmelmann
CSDA
2008
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Semi-parametric specification tests for mixing distributions
We present a semi-parametric method for testing mixing distributions in the mixed Poisson model. The proposed method, which is based on the generalized method of moments, does not...
Yue Fang
CSDA
2008
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Forecasting binary longitudinal data by a functional PC-ARIMA model
The purpose of this paper is to forecast the time evolution of a binary response variable from an associated continuous time series observed only at discrete time points that usual...
Ana M. Aguilera, Manuel Escabias, Mariano J. Valde...
CSDA
2008
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Maximizing equity market sector predictability in a Bayesian time-varying parameter model
A large body of evidence has emerged in recent studies confirming that macroeconomic factors play an important role in determining investor risk premia and the ultimate path of eq...
Lorne D. Johnson, Georgios Sakoulis
CSDA
2008
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Computing and using residuals in time series models
The most often used approaches to obtaining and using residuals in applied work with time series models, are unified and documented with both partially-known and new features. Spe...
José Alberto Mauricio
CSDA
2008
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Tree-structured smooth transition regression models
ABSTRACT. This paper introduces a tree-based model that combines aspects of CART (Classification and Regression Trees) and STR (Smooth Transition Regression). The model is called t...
Joel Corrêa da Rosa, Alvaro Veiga, Marcelo C...