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Comparison and equality of generalized $\psi$-estimators

Statistics Theory 2025-09-16 v2 Statistics Theory

Abstract

We solve the comparison problem for generalized ψ\psi-estimators introduced in Barczy and P\'ales (2022). Namely, we derive several necessary and sufficient conditions under which a generalized ψ\psi-estimator less than or equal to another ψ\psi-estimator for any sample. We also solve the corresponding equality problem for generalized ψ\psi-estimators. For applications, we solve the two problems in question for Bajraktarevi\'c-type- and quasi-arithmetic-type estimators. We also apply our results for some known statistical estimators such as for empirical expectiles and Mathieu-type estimators and for solutions of likelihood equations in case of normal, a Beta-type, Gamma, Lomax (Pareto type II), lognormal and Laplace distributions.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2309.04773,
  title  = {Comparison and equality of generalized $\psi$-estimators},
  author = {Matyas Barczy and Zsolt Páles},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04773},
  year   = {2025}
}

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51 pages

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