The prediction of the outstanding loss liabilities for a non-life run-off portfolio as well as the quantification of the prediction error is one of the most important actuarial tasks in non-life insurance. In this paper we consider this prediction problem in a multivariate context. More...

In the paper it is shown that in panel data models the Hausman test (HT) statistic can be considerably refined using the bootstrap technique. Edgeworth expansion shows that coverage of the bootstrapped HT is second-order correct. The asymptotic vs. the bootstrapped HT are compared also by Monte...