Consistent tests for symmetric stability with finite mean based on the empirical characteristic function

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-380

  Meintanis, Simos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit test; Stable distribution; Symmetric distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644226957     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2003.12.009     Document Type: Article

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