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We provide a methodology for testing a polynomial model hypothesis by extending the approach and results of Baek, Cho, and Phillips (2015; Journal of Econometrics; BCP) that tests for neglected nonlinearity using power transforms of regressors against arbitrary nonlinearity. We examine and...
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In this study we present a closed form solution to the moments and, in particular, correlation of two log-normally distributed random variables, when the underlying log-normal distribution is potentially truncated or censored at both tails. The closed form solution that we derive also covers the...
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This paper documents nonlinear cross-sectional dependence in the term structure of U.S. Treasury yields and points out … specifies the yield curve dynamics. We then apply a broad class of copula functions for modeling dependence in factors spanning … the yield curve. Our sample of monthly yields in the 1982 to 2001 period provides evidence of upper tail dependence in …
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This paper is an empirical study of the uncertainty associated with estimates from stochastic frontier models. We show how to construct confidence intervals for estimates of technical efficiency levels under different sets of assumptions ranging from the very strong to the relatively weak. We...
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Traditional panel stochastic frontier models do not distinguish between unobserved individual heterogeneity and inefficiency. They thus force all time-invariant individual heterogeneity into the estimated inefficiency. Greene (2005) proposes a true fixed-effect stochastic frontier model which,...
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The stochastic frontier model was first proposed in the context of production function estimation to account for the effect of technical inefficiency. The inefficiency causes actual output to fall below the potential level (that is, the production frontier) and also raises production cost above...
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distributions can be viewed as an abstract measure of skewness. We develop some of its properties and apply it to the US …
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distribution of log10(JIF) exhibits conspicuous skewness and non-mesokurticity. In this paper we estimate the parameters of Johnson …
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The data on JIFs provided by Thomson Scientific can only be considered as a sample since they do not cover the entire universe of those documents that cite an intellectual output (paper, article, etc) or are cited by others. Then, questions arise if the empirical distribution (best fit to the...
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energy markets is given by a portfolio of oil, gas, coal, and electricity. To accommodate various dependence and tail decay …
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