Yoon-Jae Whang

Selected Publications

Testing functional inequalities

This paper develops tests for inequality constraints of nonparametric regression functions. The test statistics involve a […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Song, Kyungchul, Yoon-Jae Whang
31 January 2013 | Journal Article

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Testing functional inequalities
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Kyungchui (Kevin) Song, Yoon-Jae Whang
22 February 2011 | CWP12/11
Testing for the stochastic dominance efficiency of a given portfolio

We propose a new statistical test of the stochastic dominance efficiency of a given portfolio over […]

Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang
21 September 2012 | CWP27/12

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Testing for the stochastic dominance efficiency of a given portfolio
Oliver Linton, Thierry Post, Yoon-Jae Whang
1 June 2014 | Journal Article
A nonparametric test of the leverage hypothesis

The so-called leverage hypothesis is that negative shocks to prices/returns aff ect volatility more than equal […]

Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang, Yu-Min Yen
13 September 2012 | CWP24/12

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A nonparametric test of a strong leverage hypothesis
Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang, Yu-Min Yen
1 July 2013 | CWP28/13
Testing functional inequalities

This paper develops tests for inequality constraints of nonparametric regression functions. The test statistics involve a […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Kyungchui (Kevin) Song, Yoon-Jae Whang
22 February 2011 | CWP12/11

Latest version

Testing functional inequalities
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Song, Kyungchul, Yoon-Jae Whang
31 January 2013 | Journal Article
Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects

We develop a general class of nonparametric tests for treatment effects conditional on covariates. We consider […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
6 December 2009 | CWP36/09

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Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects with an application to single-sex schooling on academic achievements
Minsu Chang, Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
30 October 2015 | Journal Article
Nonparametric estimation of a polarization measure

This paper develops methodology for nonparametric estimation of a polarization measure due to Anderson (2004) and […]

Gordon Anderson, Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang
15 June 2009 | CWP14/09
Nonparametric tests of conditional treatment effects

This paper presents a new estimator for the mixed proportional hazard model that allows for a […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Yoon-Jae Whang
1 January 2009 | Journal Article
Testing for stochastic monotonicity

We propose a test of the hypothesis of stochastic monotonicity. This hypothesis is of interest in […]

Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Oliver Linton, Yoon-Jae Whang
31 July 2008 | CWP21/08

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Testing for stochastic monotonicity
Sokbae (Simon) Lee, Oliver Linton
1 March 2009 | Journal Article
Bootstrap tests of stochastic dominance with asymptotic similarity on the boundary

We propose a new method of testing stochastic dominance which improves on existing tests based on […]

Oliver Linton, Kyungchui (Kevin) Song, Yoon-Jae Whang
10 March 2008 | CWP08/08

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An improved bootstrap test of stochastic dominance
Oliver Linton, Song, Kyungchul, Yoon-Jae Wang
28 February 2010 | Journal Article