Aragon, Daouia, and Thomas-Agnan (2005, Econometric Theory 21, 358–389) introduced a new nonparametric frontier estimation. We prove the weak convergence of the empirical conditional quantile function. The distribution of the limit depends on the unknown conditional quantile density function. We provide a method to construct uniform confidence bands without estimating the conditional quantile density.

Professor Olav Reiersøl was born on 28 June 1908 in the countryside in Norway. He enrolled at Oslo University in 1928, where he studied chemistry, mathematics, physics, and botany. Choosing mathematics as his main subject, he received the cand. real. degree in 1935. As a graduate in mathematics and mathematical statistics he was employed as an assistant by Professor Ragnar Frisch.

The stationarity conditions for an autoregressive (AR) process in general are reduced to a remarkably simple inequality if the lag coefficients are restricted to be identical. The condition is not only analytically elegant but also applicable in checking the validity of the stationarity conditions for such a restricted AR process of any order.We are deeply indebted to Professor Paolo Paruolo, NP co-editor of Econometric Theory, and anonymous referees for constructive comments and suggestions that led to significant improvements. Errors, if any, are solely ours.

We propose a robust inference method for predictive regression models under heterogeneously persistent volatility as well as endogeneity, persistence, or heavy-tailedness of regressors. This approach relies on two methodologies, nonlinear instrumental variable estimation and volatility correction, which are used to deal with the aforementioned characteristics of regressors and volatility, respectively. Our method is simple to implement and is applicable both in the case of continuous and discrete time models. According to our simulation study, the proposed method performs well compared with widely used alternative inference procedures in terms of its finite sample properties in various dependence and persistence settings observed in real-world financial and economic markets.

02.6.1. Oblique projectorsTwo solutions are published, proposed independently by Götz Trinkler (the poser of the problem) and by Hans Joachim Werner. Excellent solutions have been independently proposed by G. Dhaene, L. Lauwers, S. Lawford, and H. Neudecker.—solution.