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Loss Reduction in Point Estimation Problems
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Hans-Dieter Heike
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March 10, 2010
Abstract
When evaluating point estimators by means of general loss functions, the expected loss is not always minimal, similar to the case of mean-biased estimators, whose mean squared error can be reduced by accounting for the mean-bias. Depending on the loss function, the socalled Lehmann-bias can be significantly more important than the mean-bias of an estimator. Although a simple decomposition does not hold for expected losses as it does for the mean squared error, the expected loss can still be reduced by correcting for the Lehmann-bias. An asymptotic and a bootstrap-based correction are suggested and compared in small samples for the exponential distribution by means of Monte Carlo simulation.
Keywords:: Loss function; Cost-of-error function; Estimation risk; Risk-bias; Asymptotics; Resampling
Published Online: 2010-03-10
Published in Print: 2006-October
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Keywords for this article
Loss function;
Cost-of-error function;
Estimation risk;
Risk-bias;
Asymptotics;
Resampling
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