{"product_id":"quantile-regression-isbn-9781118863596","title":"Quantile Regression","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContains an overview of several technical topics of Quantile Regression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVolume two of \u003ci\u003eQuantile Regression\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important guide for applied researchers that draws on the same example-based approach adopted for the first volume. The text explores topics including robustness, expectiles, m-quantile, decomposition, time series, elemental sets and linear programming. Graphical representations are widely used to visually introduce several issues, and to illustrate each method. All the topics are treated theoretically and using real data examples. Designed as a practical resource, the book is thorough without getting too technical about the statistical background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe authors cover a wide range of QR models useful in several fields. The software commands in R and Stata are available in the appendixes and featured on the accompanying website. The text:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of several technical topics such as robustness of quantile regressions, bootstrap and elemental sets, treatment effect estimators\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompares quantile regression with alternative estimators like expectiles, M-estimators and M-quantiles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a general introduction to linear programming focusing on the simplex method as solving method for the quantile regression problem\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders time-series issues like non-stationarity, spurious regressions, cointegration, conditional heteroskedasticity via quantile regression\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an analysis that is both theoretically and practical\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents real data examples and graphical representations to explain the technical issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for researchers and students in the fields of statistics, economics, econometrics, social and environmental science, this text offers guide to the theory and application of quantile regression models.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the companion website xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Robust regression 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 The Anscombe data and OLS 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 The Ancombe data and quantile regression 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 Real data examples: the French data 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2 The Netherlands example 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The influence function and the diagnostic tools 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1 Diagnostic in the French and the Dutch data 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2 Example with error contamination 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 A summary of key points 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: computer codes in Stata 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Quantile regression and related methods 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Expectiles 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.1 Expectiles and contaminated errors 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.2 French data: influential outlier in the dependent variable 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.3 The Netherlands example: outlier in the explanatory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003evariable 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 M-estimators 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 M-estimators with error contamination 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 The French data 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3 The Netherlands example 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 M-quantiles 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 M-quantiles estimates in the error-contaminated model 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 M-quantiles in the French and Dutch examples 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 Further applications: small-area estimation 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 A summary of key points 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: computer codes 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[1]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[1] [1]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[1]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eviii CONTENTS\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Resampling, subsampling, and quantile regression 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Elemental sets 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Bootstrap and elemental sets 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Bootstrap for extremal quantiles 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1 The French data set 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2 The Dutch data set 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Asymptotics for central-order quantiles 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Treatment effect and decomposition 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5.1 Quantile treatment effect and decomposition 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 A summary of key points 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: computer codes 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A not so short introduction to linear programming 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The linear programming problem 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.1 The standard form of a linear programming problem 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.2 Assumptions of a linear programming problem 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.3 The geometry of linear programming 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The simplex algorithm 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Basic solutions 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Optimality test 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.3 Change of the basis: entering variable and leaving variable 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.4 The canonical form of a linear programming problem 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.5 The simplex algorithm 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.6 The tableau version of the simplex algorithm 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 The two–phase method 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Convergence and degeneration of the simplex algorithm 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 The revised simplex algorithm 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 A summary of key points 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Linear programming for quantile regression 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 LP formulation of the L1 simple regression problem 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.1 A first formulation of the L1 regression problem 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.2 A more convenient formulation of the L1 regression\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eproblem 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.3 The Barrodale–Roberts algorithm for L1 regression 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 LP formulation of the quantile regression problem 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Geometric interpretation of the median and quantile regression\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eproblem: the dual plot 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 A summary of key points 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[1]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[1] [1]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e[1]\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCONTENTS ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Correlation 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Autoregressive models 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Non-stationarity 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 Examples of non-stationary series 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Inference in the unit root model 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Related tests for unit root 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Spurious regression 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Cointegration 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.1 Example of cointegrated variables 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5.2 Cointegration tests 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Tests of changing coefficients 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6.1 Examples of changing coefficients 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Conditionally heteroskedastic models 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7.1 Example of a conditional heteroskedastic model 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 A summary of key points 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Stata computer codes 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 283\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarilena Furno,\u003c\/b\u003e Department of Agriculture, University of Naples Federico II, Italy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDomenico Vistocco,\u003c\/b\u003e Department of Economics and Law, University of Cassino, Italy    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eContains an Overview of Several Technical Topics of Quantile Regression\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume Two of \u003ci\u003eQuantile Regression\u003c\/i\u003e offers an important guide for applied researchers that draws on the same example-based approach adopted for the first volume. The text explores topics including robustness, expectiles, M-quantile, decomposition, time series, elemental sets and linear programming. Graphical representations are widely used to visually introduce several issues, and to illustrate each method. All the topics are treated theoretically and using real data examples. Designed as a practical resource, the book is thorough without getting too technical about the statistical background. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors cover a wide range of QR models useful in several fields. The software commands in R and Stata are available in the appendixes and featured on the accompanying website. The text: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an overview of several technical topics such as robustness of quantile regressions, bootstrap and elemental sets and treatments effect estimators\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompares quantile regression with alternative estimators like expectiles, M-estimators and M-quantiles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a general introduction to linear programming focusing on the simplex method as solving method for the quantile regression problem\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders time-series issues like non-stationarity, spurious regressions, cointegration, and conditional heteroskedasticity via quantile regression\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers an analysis that is both theoretical and practical\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents real data examples and graphical representations to explain the technical issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for researchers and students in the fields of statistics, economics, econometrics, social and environmental science, this text offers guide to the theory and application of quantile regression models.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989895004389,"sku":"NP9781118863596","price":110.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118863596.jpg?v=1761785827","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/quantile-regression-isbn-9781118863596","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}