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Evaluation for moments of a ratio with application to regression estimation

Statistics Theory 2010-01-14 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

Ratios of random variables often appear in probability and statistical applications. We aim to approximate the moments of such ratios under several dependence assumptions. Extending the ideas in Collomb [C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 285 (1977) 289--292], we propose sharper bounds for the moments of randomly weighted sums and for the LpL^p-deviations from the asymptotic normal law when the central limit theorem holds. We indicate suitable applications in finance and censored data analysis and focus on the applications in the field of functional estimation.

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@article{arxiv.0805.0228,
  title  = {Evaluation for moments of a ratio with application to regression estimation},
  author = {Paul Doukhan and Gabriel Lang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.0228},
  year   = {2010}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/09-BEJ190 the Bernoulli (http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm)