2 papers
econ.EM2025
Nonparametric methods for comparing distribution functionals for dependent samples with application to inequality measures
Jean-Marie Dufour, Tianyu He
This paper proposes asymptotically distribution-free inference methods for comparing a broad range of welfare indices across dependent samples, including those employed in inequali…
stat.ME2025
Pairwise Difference Representations of Moments: Gini and Generalized Lagrange identities
Jean-Marie Dufour, Abderrahim Taamouti, Meilin Tong
We provide pairwise-difference (Gini-type) representations of higher-order central moments for both general random variables and empirical moments. Such representations do not requ…