In this paper we extend the GeDS methodology, recently developed by Kaishev et al. [18] for Normal univariate spline regression case, to more general GNM/GLM context. Our approach is view (non-)linear predictor as a with free knots which are estimated, along coefficients and degree of spline, using two stage algorithm. A, linear (degree one) free-knot fitted data applying iteratively re-weighte...

Dividend Policy is one of the most important financial decisions that managers encounter. This study contributes to the literature of dividend and empirical research investigating the effects of dynamic factors in Tehran Stock Exchange. Based on some criteria, the study contains 133 listed firms over a 10-year period from 2001 to 2010. To test the research hypotheses, this study uses Fixed Effe...

The problem of curve registration appears in many different areas of applications ranging from neuroscience to road traffic modeling. In the present work, we propose a nonparametric testing framework in which we develop a generalized likelihood ratio test to perform curve registration. We first prove that, under the null hypothesis, the resulting test statistic is asymptotically distributed as ...