scholarly journals Handling heteroskedasticity in labour demand functions of athletes

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Gábor Rappai ◽  
Diána Ivett Fűrész

AbstractBased on previous research it can be stated that modelling sport economics related demand curves (e.g. demand for sport events and athletes) is different from other types of modelling. The difference lies in the fact that some parts of the demand curves are nearly horizontal in case of sport goods and nearly vertical in case of athletes, because the price of sport events is inflexible and at the same time, salaries of top athletes are extremely flexible. This study investigates parameter estimation methods appropriate for the relevant demand functions of sport economics. In this cases the generally used ordinary least squares estimator is less robust, so the weighted least squares estimators are able to handle heteroskedasticity. If the distribution of the variables is known, the Newey-West heteroscedasticity corrected estimates give even stronger results. The empirical study analyses footballer transfer fees in top European leagues and identifies a threshold at which the traditional supply-demand functions are not appropriate. According to the results, word class athletes, in a way, can be considered prestige goods for which demand may be irrational.

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-260
Author(s):  
Marcos Vinicius de Oliveira Peres ◽  
Ricardo Puziol de Oliveira ◽  
Edson Zangiacomi Martinez ◽  
Jorge Alberto Achcar

In this paper, we order to evaluate via Monte Carlo simulations the performance of sample properties of the estimates of the estimates for Sushila distribution, introduced by Shanker et al. (2013). We consider estimates obtained by six estimation methods, the known approaches of maximum likelihood, moments and Bayesian method, and other less traditional methods: L-moments, ordinary least-squares and weighted least-squares. As a comparison criterion, the biases and the roots of mean-squared errors were used through nine scenarios with samples ranging from 30 to 300 (every 30rd). In addition, we also considered a simulation and a real data application to illustrate the applicability of the proposed estimators as well as the computation time to get the estimates. In this case, the Bayesian method was also considered. The aim of the study was to find an estimation method to be considered as a better alternative or at least interchangeable with the traditional maximum likelihood method considering small or large sample sizes and with low computational cost.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4972
Author(s):  
Rohan Shah ◽  
Timothy Sands

Adaptive and learning methods are proposed and compared to control DC motors actuating control surfaces of unmanned underwater vehicles. One type of adaption method referred to as model-following is based on algebraic design, and it is analyzed in conjunction with parameter estimation methods such as recursive least squares, extended least squares, and batch least squares. Another approach referred to as deterministic artificial intelligence uses the process dynamics defined by physics to control output to track a necessarily specified autonomous trajectory (sinusoidal versions implemented here). In addition, one instantiation of deterministic artificial intelligence uses 2-norm optimal feedback learning of parameters to modify the control signal, while another instantiation is presented with proportional plus derivative adaption. Model-following and deterministic artificial intelligence are simulated, and respective performance metrics for transient response and input tracking are evaluated and compared. Deterministic artificial intelligence outperformed the model-following approach in minimal peak transient value by a percent range of approximately 2–70%, but model-following achieved at least 29% less error in input tracking than deterministic artificial intelligence. This result is surprising and not in accordance with the recently published literature, and the explanation of the difference is theorized to be efficacy with discretized implementations.


Author(s):  
Parisa Torkaman

The generalized inverted exponential distribution is introduced as a lifetime model with good statistical properties. This paper, the estimation of the probability density function and the cumulative distribution function of with five different estimation methods: uniformly minimum variance unbiased(UMVU), maximum likelihood(ML), least squares(LS), weighted least squares (WLS) and percentile(PC) estimators are considered. The performance of these estimation procedures, based on the mean squared error (MSE) by numerical simulations are compared. Simulation studies express that the UMVU estimator performs better than others and when the sample size is large enough the ML and UMVU estimators are almost equivalent and efficient than LS, WLS and PC. Finally, the result using a real data set are analyzed.


Axioms ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ehab Almetwally ◽  
Randa Alharbi ◽  
Dalia Alnagar ◽  
Eslam Hafez

This paper aims to find a statistical model for the COVID-19 spread in the United Kingdom and Canada. We used an efficient and superior model for fitting the COVID 19 mortality rates in these countries by specifying an optimal statistical model. A new lifetime distribution with two-parameter is introduced by a combination of inverted Topp-Leone distribution and modified Kies family to produce the modified Kies inverted Topp-Leone (MKITL) distribution, which covers a lot of application that both the traditional inverted Topp-Leone and the modified Kies provide poor fitting for them. This new distribution has many valuable properties as simple linear representation, hazard rate function, and moment function. We made several methods of estimations as maximum likelihood estimation, least squares estimators, weighted least-squares estimators, maximum product spacing, Crame´r-von Mises estimators, and Anderson-Darling estimators methods are applied to estimate the unknown parameters of MKITL distribution. A numerical result of the Monte Carlo simulation is obtained to assess the use of estimation methods. also, we applied different data sets to the new distribution to assess its performance in modeling data.


2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (05) ◽  
pp. 1385-1403 ◽  
Author(s):  
KITAE SOHN ◽  
ILLOONG KWON

Trust was found to promote entrepreneurship in the US. We investigated whether this was true in a developing country, Indonesia. We failed to replicate this; this failure was true whether trust was estimated at the individual or community level or whether ordinary least squares (OLS) or two stage least squares (2SLS) was employed. We reconciled the difference between our results and those for the US by arguing that the weak enforcement of property rights in developing countries and the consequent hold-up problem make it more efficient for entrepreneurs to produce generic goods than relationship-specific goods—producing generic goods does not depend on trust.


2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (03) ◽  
pp. 297-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANOUAR BEN MABROUK ◽  
HEDI KORTAS ◽  
SAMIR BEN AMMOU

In this paper, fractional integrating dynamics in the return and the volatility series of stock market indices are investigated. The investigation is conducted using wavelet ordinary least squares, wavelet weighted least squares and the approximate Maximum Likelihood estimator. It is shown that the long memory property in stock returns is approximately associated with emerging markets rather than developed ones while strong evidence of long range dependence is found for all volatility series. The relevance of the wavelet-based estimators, especially, the approximate Maximum Likelihood and the weighted least squares techniques is proved in terms of stability and estimation accuracy.


2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Myhre ◽  
Daniel R. Jeske ◽  
Michael Rennie ◽  
Yingtao Bi

A heteroscedastic linear regression model is developed from plausible assumptions that describe the time evolution of performance metrics for equipment. The inherited motivation for the related weighted least squares analysis of the model is an essential and attractive selling point to engineers with interest in equipment surveillance methodologies. A simple test for the significance of the heteroscedasticity suggested by a data set is derived and a simulation study is used to evaluate the power of the test and compare it with several other applicable tests that were designed under different contexts. Tolerance intervals within the context of the model are derived, thus generalizing well-known tolerance intervals for ordinary least squares regression. Use of the model and its associated analyses is illustrated with an aerospace application where hundreds of electronic components are continuously monitored by an automated system that flags components that are suspected of unusual degradation patterns.


Entropy ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Pontus Söderbäck ◽  
Jörgen Blomvall ◽  
Martin Singull

Liquid financial markets, such as the options market of the S&P 500 index, create vast amounts of data every day, i.e., so-called intraday data. However, this highly granular data is often reduced to single-time when used to estimate financial quantities. This under-utilization of the data may reduce the quality of the estimates. In this paper, we study the impacts on estimation quality when using intraday data to estimate dividends. The methodology is based on earlier linear regression (ordinary least squares) estimates, which have been adapted to intraday data. Further, the method is also generalized in two aspects. First, the dividends are expressed as present values of future dividends rather than dividend yields. Second, to account for heteroscedasticity, the estimation methodology was formulated as a weighted least squares, where the weights are determined from the market data. This method is compared with a traditional method on out-of-sample S&P 500 European options market data. The results show that estimations based on intraday data have, with statistical significance, a higher quality than the corresponding single-times estimates. Additionally, the two generalizations of the methodology are shown to improve the estimation quality further.


2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 2820-2839
Author(s):  
Saurabh L. Raikar ◽  
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Dr. Rajesh S. Prabhu Gaonkar ◽  

<abstract> <p>Jaya algorithm is a highly effective recent metaheuristic technique. This article presents a simple, precise, and faster method to estimate stress strength reliability for a two-parameter, Weibull distribution with common scale parameters but different shape parameters. The three most widely used estimation methods, namely the maximum likelihood estimation, least squares, and weighted least squares have been used, and their comparative analysis in estimating reliability has been presented. The simulation studies are carried out with different parameters and sample sizes to validate the proposed methodology. The technique is also applied to real-life data to demonstrate its implementation. The results show that the proposed methodology's reliability estimates are close to the actual values and proceeds closer as the sample size increases for all estimation methods. Jaya algorithm with maximum likelihood estimation outperforms the other methods regarding the bias and mean squared error.</p> </abstract>


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