Argmax-stable marked empirical processes

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Abstract

We consider a marked empirical process corresponding to a sample X1, ..., Xn of independent and identically distributed random variables and exchangeable random marks C1, ..., Cn. If the sum of all marks is equal to zero, then there exists a certain order statistic with random index, which is a maximizing point of the process. It is shown that for each finite sample size n ∈ N this point of maximum has the same distribution as X1 (argmax-stability). As an application we derive the exact distribution of an estimator for the discontinuity point in a regression function.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1203-1206
Number of pages4
JournalStatistics and Probability Letters
Volume79
Issue number9
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2009
Peer-reviewedYes