This paper applies recent tests of stochastic dominance of several orders proposed by Linton, Maasoumi and Whang (2003) to reexamine the equity premium puzzle. An advantage of this nonparametric framework is that it provides a means to assess whether the existence of a premium is due to an...

A transformed metric entropy measure of dependence is studied which satisfies several desirable properties and is capable of impressive performance in identifying nonlinear dependence in time series. The measure is applicable for both continuous and discrete variables. A nonparametric kernel...