A method to rank mutual funds according to their investment style measured with respect to the returns of a reference portfolio (benchmark) is introduced. It is based on a style analysis model estimating a mutual fund portfolio composition as well as the benchmark one. Starting from such...

Semiparametric random censorship (SRC) models (Dikta, 1998) [7], derive their rationale from their ability to utilize parametric ideas within the random censorship environment. An extension of this approach is developed for Cox regression, producing new estimators of the regression parameter and...

In this article a new nonparametric density estimator based on the sequence of asymmetric kernels is proposed. This method is natural when estimating an unknown density function of a positive random variable. The rates of Mean Squared Error, Mean Integrated Squared Error, and the L1-consistency...

The limit behavior of the optimal bandwidth sequence for the kernel distribution function estimator is analyzed, in its greatest generality, by using Fourier transform methods. We show a class of distributions for which the kernel estimator achieves a first-order improvement in efficiency over...

It is a known fact that some estimators of smooth distribution functions can outperform the empirical distribution function in terms of asymptotic (integrated) mean-squared error. In this paper, we show that this is also true of Bernstein polynomial estimators of distribution functions...

Let X and Y be two nonnegative dependent random variables according to a copula function. Under appropriate conditions, the closure property of the product XY is derived when X belongs to class S and R, respectively. Some examples are provided to illustrate the impact of the dependence structure...