Asymmetric Kernel Smoothing - Masayuki Hirukawa

Asymmetric Kernel Smoothing

Theory and Applications in Economics and Finance
Buch | Softcover
110 Seiten
2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-10-5465-5 (ISBN)
53,49 inkl. MwSt
Lastly, the book addresses the applications of asymmetric kernel estimation and testing to various forms of nonnegative economic and financial data. Until recently, the most popularly chosen nonparametric methods used symmetric kernel functions to estimate probability density functions of symmetric distributions with unbounded support.
This is the first book to provide an accessible and comprehensive introduction to a newly developed smoothing technique using asymmetric kernel functions. Further, it discusses the statistical properties of estimators and test statistics using asymmetric kernels. The topics addressed include the bias-variance tradeoff, smoothing parameter choices, achieving rate improvements with bias reduction techniques, and estimation with weakly dependent data. Further, the large- and finite-sample properties of estimators and test statistics smoothed by asymmetric kernels are compared with those smoothed by symmetric kernels. Lastly, the book addresses the applications of asymmetric kernel estimation and testing to various forms of nonnegative economic and financial data.

Until recently, the most popularly chosen nonparametric methods used symmetric kernel functions to estimate probability density functions of symmetric distributions with unbounded support. Yet many types of economic and financial data are nonnegative and violate the presumed conditions of conventional methods. Examples include incomes, wages, short-term interest rates, and insurance claims. Such observations are often concentrated near the boundary and have long tails with sparse data. Smoothing with asymmetric kernel functions has increasingly gained attention, because the approach successfully addresses the issues arising from distributions that have natural boundaries at the origin and heavy positive skewness. Offering an overview of recently developed kernel methods, complemented by intuitive explanations and mathematical proofs, this book is highly recommended to all readers seeking an in-depth and up-to-date guide to nonparametric estimation methods employing asymmetric kernel smoothing.

Masayuki Hirukawa, Faculty of Economics, Ryukoku University

1. Asymmetric kernels: definition and history.- 2. Density estimation from nonnegative observations.- 3. Regression estimation with nonnegative regressors.- 4. Model specification tests.- 5. Asymmetric kernel smoothing in action: applications in economics and finance.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie JSS Research Series in Statistics
SpringerBriefs in Statistics
Zusatzinfo 5 Illustrations, black and white; XII, 110 p. 5 illus.
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Computerprogramme / Computeralgebra
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Empirische Sozialforschung
Wirtschaft Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10 981-10-5465-7 / 9811054657
ISBN-13 978-981-10-5465-5 / 9789811054655
Zustand Neuware
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