Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/61723 
Year of Publication: 
1999
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 373 Discussion Paper No. 1999,2
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Interdisciplinary Research Project 373: Quantification and Simulation of Economic Processes, Berlin
Abstract: 
We consider two tests for testing the hypothesis that a density lies in a parametric class of densities and compare them by means of simulation. Both considered tests are based on the integrated squared distance of the kernel density estimator from its hypothetical expectation. However, different kernels are used. The unknown parameter will be replaced by its maximum-likelihood-estimation (m.l.e.). The power of both tests will be examined under local alternatives. Although both tests are asymptotically equivalent, it will be shown that there is a difference between the power of both tests when a finite number of random variables is used. Furthermore it will be shown that asymptotically equivalent approximations of the power can differ significantly when finite sample sizes are used.
Subjects: 
simulation
kernel estimator
Goodness of fit
local alternatives
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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