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“Flexible maximum conditional likelihood estimation for single-index models to predict accident severity with telematics data”

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  • Catalina Bolancé

    (Department of Econometrics, Riskcenter-IREA, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 690, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.)

  • Ricardo Cao

    (Research Group MODES, Department of Mathematics, CITIC, Universidade da Coruña and ITMATI Campus de Elviña, s/n 15071 A Coruña, Spain.)

  • Montserrat Guillen

    (Department of Econometrics, Riskcenter-IREA, University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 690, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.)

Abstract

Estimation in single-index models for risk assessment is developed. Statistical properties are given and an application to estimate the cost of traffic accidents in an innovative insurance data set that has information on driving style is presented. A new kernel approach for the estimator covariance matrix is provided. Both, the simulation study and the real case show that the method provides the best results when data are highly skewed and when the conditional distribution is of interest. Supplementary materials containing appendices are available online.

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  • Catalina Bolancé & Ricardo Cao & Montserrat Guillen, 2018. "“Flexible maximum conditional likelihood estimation for single-index models to predict accident severity with telematics data”," IREA Working Papers 201829, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2018.
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    Keywords

    Insurance loss data; heavy tailed distributions; quantiles; non-parametric conditional distribution. JEL classification:C51; C14; G22;
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    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • G22 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies

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