In the prediction of genetic values and quantitative trait loci (QTLs) mapping via the mixed model method incorporating marker information in animal populations, it is important to model the genetic ...

We propose a new combined semiparametric estimator, which incorporates the parametric and nonparametric estimators of the conditional variance in a multiplicative way. We derive the asymptotic bias, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper tests for the presence of output mean and variance nonlinearities in international industrial production and UK and US sectoral ...