Rank-based testing in linear models with stable errors

DOI10.1080/10485252.2010.525234zbMATH Open1443.62058arXiv1210.5073OpenAlexW2144988112MaRDI QIDQ528136FDOQ528136

Authors: Yvik Swan, David Veredas, Marc Hallin, Thomas Verdebout 

Publication date: 12 May 2017

Published in: Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Nonparametric Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Classical estimation techniques for linear models either are inconsistent, or perform rather poorly, under $alpha$-stable error densities; most of them are not even rate-optimal. In this paper, we propose an original one-step R-estimation method and investigate its asymptotic performances under stable densities. Contrary to traditional least squares, the proposed R-estimators remain root-$n$ consistent (the optimal rate) under the whole family of stable distributions, irrespective of their asymmetry and tail index. While parametric stable-likelihood estimation, due to the absence of a closed form for stable densities, is quite cumbersome, our method allows us to construct estimators reaching the parametric efficiency bounds associated with any prescribed values $(alph{a}_0,b_0)$ of the tail index $alpha$ and skewness parameter $b$, while preserving root-$n$ consistency under any $(alpha,b)$ as well as under usual light-tailed densities. The method furthermore avoids all forms of multidimensional argmin computation. Simulations confirm its excellent finite-sample performances.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.5073

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zbMATH Keywords

rank testsstable distributionsasymptotic relative efficiencylocal asymptotic normalityLAD estimationR-estimationasymptotic relative efficiencies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinitely divisible distributions; stable distributions (60E07) Point estimation (62F10) Asymptotic properties of parametric estimators (62F12) Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10) Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Asymptotic distribution theory in statistics (62E20) Stable stochastic processes (60G52)

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