Properties of the singular, inverse and generalized inverse partitioned Wishart distributions

  • Authors:
  • Taras Bodnar;Yarema Okhrin

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Statistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany;Department of Statistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Multivariate Analysis
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this paper we discuss the distributions and independency properties of several generalizations of the Wishart distribution. First, an analog to Muirhead [R.J. Muirhead, Aspects of Multivariate Statistical Theory, Wiley, New York, 1982] Theorem 3.2.10 for the partitioned matrix A=(A"i"j)"i","j"="1","2 is established in the case of arbitrary partitioning for singular and inverse Wishart distributions. Second, the density of A"2"1A"1"1^-^1 is derived in the case of singular, non-central singular, inverse and generalized inverse Wishart distributions. The importance of the derived results is illustrated with an example from portfolio theory.