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Fitting a generalized logistic distribution
I have a process that estimates the parameters for the following function using the NL2SOL algorithm.
$C-[\alpha+\frac{\beta-\alpha}{1+e^-\theta(y_t-\delta)} \vartriangle y_t]$
The process currently holds $\alpha$ and $\beta$ constant, so only $C$,…
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fiscal period end date
If a quarterly report is released tomorrow, is there any way to figure out the date the quarterly period ended without manually researching? Such as an API?
I think there is a deadline of 35/60 days after period end, but that varies right? +-10…
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Derivation of a ML estimator
I have the following likelihood function:
I'm given this information about the $\Omega$ matrix ($\boldsymbol{1}$ is a $T \times 1$ vector of ones):
I would like to be able to show that the likelihood function can be rewritten to this:
I think…
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