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Keywords:
characteristic function; empirical characteristic function; probability weighted moments; symmetry transformation
characteristic function; empirical characteristic function; probability weighted moments; symmetry transformation
Summary:
We suggest a nonparametric version of the probability weighted empirical characteristic function (PWECF) introduced by Meintanis et al. [10] and use this PWECF in order to estimate the parameters of arbitrary transformations to symmetry. The almost sure consistency of the resulting estimators is shown. Finite-sample results for i.i.d. data are presented and are subsequently extended to the regression setting. A real data illustration is also included.
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