On the Joint Distribution of Two Discrete Random Variables

John Panaretos

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Abstract: Let X, Y be two discrete random variables with finite support and X≥Y. Suppose that the conditional distribution of Y given X can be factorized in a certain way. This paper provides a method of deriving the unique form of the marginal distribution of X (and hence the joint distribution of (X, Y)) when partial independence only is assumed for Y and X-Y.

Keywords: Conditional Distribution; power series distribution; binomial distribution; characterization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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Published in Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, A (Theory and Methods) 2.Vol.32(1981): pp. 191-198

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