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which allows for skewness in the form of contraction/dilation along a subset of the prinicpal axis. The paper derives some … properties for this distribution, including its moment generating function, multivariate skewness and kurtosis. Maximum … likelihood estimation is discussed and a complete Bayesian analysis of the multivariate split normal distribution is developed. …
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variables that account for skewness and heavy tails are identically and independently distributed. The second model, ODLV …
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This note presents a nonparametric Bayesian approach to fitting a distribution to the survey data provided in Kilian and Zha (2002) regarding the prior for the half-life of deviations from purchasing power parity (PPP). A point mass at infinity is included. The unknown density is represented as...
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We ask whether Bayesian estimation creates a potential estimation bias as compared with standard estimation techniques … based on the data, such as maximum likelihood or indirect estimation. We investigate this with a Monte Carlo experiment in … alternative. The Bayesian estimation of macro models may thus give very misleading results by placing too much weight on prior …
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DSGE models are typically estimated using Bayesian methods, but a researcher may want to estimate a DSGE model with full information maximum likelihood (FIML) so as to avoid the use of prior distributions. A very robust algorithm is needed to find the global maximum within the relevant parameter...
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calibrated forecasts compared to maximum likelihood estimation. From a theoretical perspective, both estimators are consistent …
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We construct a copula from the skew t distribution of Sahu, Dey & Branco (2003). This copula can capture asymmetric and extreme dependence between variables, and is one of the few copulas that can do so and still be used in high dimensions effectively. However, it is difficult to estimate the...
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This book presents in detail methodologies for the Bayesian estimation of single-regime and regime-switching GARCH … attractive alternative which enables small sample results, robust estimation, model discrimination and probabilistic statements … the Bayesian paradigm for inference. The next three chapters describe the estimation of the GARCH model with Normal …
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which allows for skewness in the form of contraction/dilation along a subset of the prinicpal axis. The paper derives some … properties for this distribution, including its moment generating function, multivariate skewness and kurtosis. Maximum … likelihood estimation is discussed and a complete Bayesian analysis of the multivariate split normal distribution is developed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190794
This paper deals with estimating peaked densities over the interval [0,1] using the Uneven Two-Sided Power Distribution (UTP). This distribution is the most complex of all the bounded power distributions introduced by Kotz and van Dorp (2004). The UTP maximum likelihood estimator, a result not...
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