Research Article

Bayesian Estimation of Archimedean Copula-Based SUR Quantile Models

Table 6

Absolute Bias and MSE of parameter estimates from the Bayesian estimation of the Frank copula with different sample sizes.

ParameterAbsolute BiasMSE
 = 0.25 = 100 = 500 = 1000 = 100 = 500 = 1000

0.01550.01510.00610.08030.01000.0064
0.00030.00710.00420.08740.01270.0059
0.03670.00580.00160.07740.01230.0076
0.01140.00830.00530.06940.01340.0070
0.00780.00380.00300.08990.01350.0042
0.00780.00120.00080.07780.01080.0063
0.72790.70990.50230.63940.52380.4236

 = 0.50 = 100 = 500 = 1000 = 100 = 500 = 1000

0.01600.00700.00700.04110.00820.0002
0.01500.00570.00500.06270.01020.0004
0.01570.00680.00100.04970.00860.0006
0.00530.00150.00050.46750.00960.0004
0.00820.00010.00000.04410.01060.0050
0.02400.00020.00010.05490.00750.0023
0.00580.00950.00030.13950.02840.0015

 = 0.75 = 100 = 500 = 1000 = 100 = 500 = 1000

0.00130.00010.00090.07410.01080.0028
0.02160.01730.00420.06760.01260.0058
0.01070.00570.00340.05750.01010.0052
0.01790.00190.00180.05750.01590.0052
0.02170.00600.00110.07530.01310.0051
0.02450.01220.00210.06970.01190.0061
1.36131.03750.36580.96130.91840.8112