Part I Preliminaries |
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1.1 Introduction and Literature Review |
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1.2 Some Results from Matrix Algebra |
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1.3 A Functional Equation |
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Part II Definition and Distributional Properties |
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2.2 Probability Density Function |
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2.3 Marginal Distributions |
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23 | (1) |
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2.4 Expected Value and Covariance |
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24 | (2) |
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2.5 Stochastic Representation |
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26 | (8) |
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2.6 Conditional Distributions |
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49 | (10) |
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2.7.1 One-Dimensional Case |
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49 | (1) |
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2.7.2 Vector Variate Case |
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50 | (3) |
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2.7.3 General Matrix Variate Case |
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53 | (3) |
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2.7.4 Generating Elliptically Contoured Distributions |
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56 | (3) |
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3 Probability Density Function and Expected Values |
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3.1 Probability Density Function |
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59 | (7) |
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3.2 More on Expected Values |
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4 Mixtures of Normal Distributions |
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103 | (22) |
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4.1 Mixture by Distribution Function |
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103 | (13) |
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4.2 Mixture by Weighting Function |
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116 | (9) |
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5 Quadratic Forms and Other Functions of Elliptically Contoured Matrices |
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125 | (20) |
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5.1 Extension of Cochran's Theorem to Multivariate Elliptically Contoured Distributions |
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125 | (12) |
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5.2 Rank of Quadratic Forms |
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137 | (2) |
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5.3 Distributions of Invariant Matrix Variate Functions |
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139 | (6) |
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6 Characterization Results |
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145 | (28) |
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6.1 Characterization Based on Invariance |
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145 | (3) |
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6.2 Characterization of Normality |
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148 | (25) |
Part III Estimation and Hypothesis Testing |
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7.1 Maximum Likelihood Estimators of the Parameters |
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7.2 Properties of Estimators |
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183 | (10) |
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193 | (26) |
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193 | (5) |
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198 | (3) |
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8.3.1 Testing That a Mean Vector Is Equal to a Given Vector |
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8.3.2 Testing That a Covariance Matrix Is Equal to a Given Matrix |
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202 | (1) |
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8.3.3 Testing That a Covariance Matrix Is Proportional to a Given Matrix |
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203 | (1) |
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8.3.4 Testing That a Mean Vector and Covariance Matrix Are Equal to a Given Vector and Matrix |
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204 | (2) |
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8.3.5 Testing That a Mean Vector Is Equal to a Given Vector and a Covariance Matrix Is Proportional to a Given Matrix |
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206 | (2) |
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8.3.6 Testing Lack of Correlation Between Sets of Variates |
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208 | (1) |
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8.3.7 Testing That a Correlation Coefficient Is Equal to a Given Number |
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209 | (2) |
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8.3.8 Testing That a Partial Correlation Coefficient Is Equal to a Given Number |
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211 | (1) |
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8.3.9 Testing That a Multiple Correlation Coefficient Is Equal to a Given Number |
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212 | (1) |
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8.3.10 Testing Equality of Means |
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213 | (1) |
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8.3.11 Testing Equality of Covariance Matrices |
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214 | (1) |
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8.3.12 Testing Equality of Means and Covariance Matrices |
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215 | (4) |
Part IV Applications |
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219 | (18) |
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9.1 Estimation of the Parameters in the Multivariate Linear Regression Model |
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219 | (9) |
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9.2 Hypothesis Testing in the Multivariate Linear Regression Model |
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228 | (3) |
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9.3 Inference in the Random Effects Model |
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231 | (6) |
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10 Application in Portfolio Theory |
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10.1 Elliptically Contoured Distributions in Portfolio Theory |
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237 | (2) |
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10.2 Estimation of the Global Minimum Variance |
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10.2.1 Distribution of the Global Minimum Variance |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (2) |
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10.2.3 Determination of the Elliptical Model |
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245 | (2) |
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10.2.4 Tests for the Global Minimum Variance |
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247 | (2) |
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10.3 Test for the Weights of the Global Minimum Variance Portfolio |
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249 | (9) |
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10.3.1 Distribution of the Estimated Weights of the Global Minimum Variance Portfolio |
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250 | (1) |
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10.3.2 The General Linear Hypothesis for the Global Minimum Variance Portfolio Weights |
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251 | (5) |
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10.3.3 The General Linear Hypothesis for the Global Minimum Variance Portfolio Weights in an Elliptical Model |
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256 | (2) |
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10.3.4 International Global Minimum Variance Portfolio |
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258 | (1) |
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10.4 Inference for the Markowitz Efficient Frontier |
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258 | (15) |
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10.4.1 Derivation of the Efficient Frontier |
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259 | (2) |
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10.4.2 Sample Efficient Frontier in Elliptical Models |
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261 | (1) |
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10.4.3 Confidence Region for the Efficient Frontier |
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262 | (4) |
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10.4.4 Unbiased Estimator of the Efficient Frontier |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (1) |
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10.4.6 Empirical Illustration |
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269 | (4) |
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11 Skew Elliptically Contoured Distributions |
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273 | (30) |
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11.1 Skew Normal Distribution |
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273 | (4) |
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11.2 Matrix Variate Skew Normal Distribution |
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277 | (4) |
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279 | (2) |
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11.3 Quadratic Forms of the Matrix Variate Skew Normal Distributions |
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281 | (1) |
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11.4 A Multivariate Stochastic Frontier Model |
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282 | (2) |
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11.5 Global Minimum Variance Portfolio Under the Skew Normality |
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284 | (13) |
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287 | (3) |
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11.5.2 Goodness-of-Fit Test |
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290 | (4) |
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11.5.3 Application to Some Stocks in the Dow Jones Index |
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294 | (3) |
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11.6 General Class of the Skew Elliptically Contoured Distributions |
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297 | (6) |
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11.6.1 Multivariate Skew t-Distribution |
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298 | (3) |
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11.6.2 Multivariate Skew Cauchy Distribution |
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301 | (2) |
References |
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Author Index |
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313 | (4) |
Subject Index |
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