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Krzysztof Podgórski

Professor, Head of the Department of Statistics

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Matrix variate generalized asymmetric laplace distributions

Author

  • Tomasz J Kozubowski
  • Stepan Mazur
  • Krzysztof Podgórski

Summary, in English

The generalized asymmetric Laplace (GAL) distributions, also known as the variance/mean-gamma models, constitute a popular flexible class of distributions that can account for peakedness, skewness, and heavier-than-normal tails, often observed in financial or other empirical data. We consider extensions of the GAL distribution to the matrix variate case, which arise as covariance mixtures of matrix variate normal distributions. Two different mixing mechanisms connected with the nature of the random scaling matrix are considered, leading to what we term matrix variate GAL distributions of Type I and II. While Type I matrix variate GAL distribution has been studied before, there is no comprehensive account of Type II in the literature, except for their rather brief treatment as a special case of matrix variate generalized hyperbolic distributions. With this work we fill this gap, and present an account for basic distributional properties of Type II matrix variate GAL distributions. In particular, we derive their probability density function and the characteristic function, as well as provide stochastic representations related to matrix variate gamma distribution. We also show that this distribution is closed under linear transformations, and study the relevant marginal distributions. In addition, we also briefly account for Type I and discuss the intriguing connections with Type II. We hope that this work will be useful in the areas where matrix variate distributions provide an appropriate probabilistic tool for three-way or, more generally, panel data sets, which can arise across different applications.

Department/s

  • Department of Statistics

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Pages

55-80

Publication/Series

Theory of Probability and Mathematical Statistics

Volume

109

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Mathematical Society (AMS)

Topic

  • Probability Theory and Statistics

Keywords

  • Covariance mixture of Gaussian distributions
  • Distribution theory
  • Generalized asymmetric Laplace distribution
  • MatG distribution
  • Matrix gamma-normal distribution
  • Matrix variate distribution
  • Matrix variate gamma distribution
  • Matrix variate t distribution
  • Normal variancemean mixture
  • Variance gamma distribution

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0094-9000