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Moments of elliptically distributed random variates

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  • Berkane, Maia
  • Bentler, P. M.

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This paper presents an inductive method for computing the moments of an elliptically distributed random variate. A sequence of new parameters relating higher-order to second moments is introduced. The known kurtosis parameter is shown to be a member of this sequence.

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  • Berkane, Maia & Bentler, P. M., 1986. "Moments of elliptically distributed random variates," Statistics & Probability Letters, Elsevier, vol. 4(6), pages 333-335, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:stapro:v:4:y:1986:i:6:p:333-335
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