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A 1-1 poly-t random variable generator with application to Monte Carlo integration

Authors :
Jean-François Richard
Luc Bauwens
Source :
Journal of Econometrics. 29:19-46
Publication Year :
1985
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 1985.

Abstract

m-1 poly-t density functions have kernels which are ratios of a product of m multivariate-t density kernels to a single multivariate-t density kernel and arise as posterior densities for the coefficient of a single structural equation under a variety of assumptions. We propose a computer algorithm for drawing random samples from 1-1 poly-t distributions and discuss how to use these distributions for the evaluation of characteristics of higher order poly-t distributions. Illustrative examples demonstrate that this algorithm is fairly accurate at reasonable costs of computation.

Details

ISSN :
03044076
Volume :
29
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Econometrics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........81a917272ee042f1ee4bca81f12190bd
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4076(85)90031-4