Existence, Consistency and computer simulation for selected variants of minimum distance estimators
The paper deals with sufficient conditions for the existence of general approximate minimum distance estimator (AMDE) of a probability density function on the real line. It shows that the AMDE always exists when the bounded -divergence, Kolmogorov, Lévy, Cramér, or discrepancy distance is used. Consequently, consistency rate in any bounded -divergence is established for Kolmogorov, Lévy, and discrepancy estimators under the condition that the degree of variations of the corresponding family...