Model Comparison of Coordinate-Free Multivariate Skewed Distributions with an Application to Stochastic Frontiers

Jose Ferreira () and Mark Steel

Econometrics from University Library of Munich, Germany

Abstract: We consider classes of multivariate distributions which can model skewness and are closed under orthogonal transformations. We review two classes of such distributions proposed in the literature and focus our attention on a particular, yet quite flexible, subclass of one of these classes. Members of this subclass are defined by affine transformations of univariate (skewed) distributions that ensure the existence of a set of coordinate axes along which there is independence and the marginals are known analytically. The choice of an appropriate m-dimensional skewed distribution is then restricted to the simpler problem of choosing m univariate skewed distributions. We introduce a Bayesian model comparison setup for selection of these univariate skewed distributions. The analysis does not rely on the existence of moments (allowing for any tail behaviour) and uses equivalent priors on the common characteristics of the different models. Finally, we apply this framework to multi-output stochastic frontiers using data from Dutch dairy farms.

Keywords: Coordinate-free distributions; dairy farm; multivariate skewness; orthogonal transformation; stochastic frontier. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 25 pages
Date: 2004-04-29
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Journal Article: Model comparison of coordinate-free multivariate skewed distributions with an application to stochastic frontiers (2007)
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