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Near-Optimal Bisection Search for Nonparametric Dynamic Pricing with Inventory Constraint 库存约束下非参数动态定价的近最优二分搜索

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2014-10-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2509425

Y. Lei, Stefanus Jasin, Amitabh Sinha

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引用次数: 36

Asymptotic Refinements of a Fully Nonparametric Bootstrap for Quasi-Likelihood Ratio Tests of Extremum Estimators 极值估计的拟似然比检验的完全非参数Bootstrap的渐近改进

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2442389

Lorenzo Camponovo

引用次数: 0

Bootstrap Methods for the Realized Bipower Variation and for Jump Testing 实现双功率变化和跳跃测试的自举方法

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2014-04-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2201083

Ana-Maria H. Dumitru

引用次数: 0

Risk Margin Quantile Function via Parametric and Non-Parametric Bayesian Quantile Regression 基于参数和非参数贝叶斯分位数回归的风险边际分位数函数

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2014-02-11 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2394063

A. Dong, J. Chan, G. Peters

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引用次数: 3

Functional Coefficient Nonstationary Regression 非平稳回归

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-07-31 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2303991

Jiti Gao, P. Phillips

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引用次数: 12

A Nonparametric Test of a Strong Leverage Hypothesis 强杠杆假设的非参数检验

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-07-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2145341

O. Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang, Yu-Min Yen

引用次数: 9

A Simple Nonparametric Test for the Existence of Finite Moments 有限矩存在性的一个简单非参数检验

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-04-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2202269

Igor Fedotenkov

引用次数: 3

Simulated Testing of Nonparametric Measure Changes for Hedging European Options 欧洲期权套期保值非参数测度变化的模拟检验

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-02-16 DOI: 10.1016/J.FRL.2012.11.002

Godfrey Smith

引用次数: 2

A Distribution-Free Test for Outliers 异常值的无分布检验

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-01-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2796894

B. Candelon, N. Metiu

引用次数: 9

Semi-Parametric Bayesian Partially Identified Models Based on Support Function 基于支持函数的半参数贝叶斯部分识别模型

ERN: Nonparametric Methods (Topic) Pub Date : 2012-12-13 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2189030

Yuan Liao, Anna Simoni

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引用次数: 8