Characterization of count data distributions involving additivity and binomial subsampling

Abstract

In this paper we characterize all the $r$-parameter families of count distributions (satisfying mild conditions) that are closed under addition and under binomial subsampling. Surprisingly, few families satisfy both properties and the resulting models consist of the $r$th-order univariate Hermite distributions. Among these, we find the Poisson ($r=1$) and the ordinary Hermite distributions ($r=2$).

arXiv commentPublished at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/07-BEJ6021 in the Bernoulli (http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm)

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