Chen, Qiuting. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 71-74). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Bayesian Approach --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Outline of the thesis --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- Model Descriptions --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1 --- Basic Latent Curve Models --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2 --- Latent Curve Models with Exogenous Latent Variables --- p.8 / Chapter 2.3 --- Latent Curve Models with both Exogenous Variables and Longitudinal La- tent Variables --- p.9 / Chapter 2.4 --- multisample analysis --- p.12 / Chapter 3 --- Bayesian Estimation and Model Comparison --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1 --- Bayesian analysis for parameter estimation --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- Bayesian model comparison --- p.27 / Chapter 4 --- A simulation study --- p.31 / Chapter 4.1 --- Simulation for parameter estimations --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2 --- Simulation for model comparison using DIC --- p.35 / Chapter 5 --- An illustrative example --- p.47 / Chapter 5.1 --- Background introduction --- p.47 / Chapter 5.2 --- Some firm-specific factors that may affect the capital structure --- p.49 / Chapter 5.3 --- Real data illustration --- p.52 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion and further discussion --- p.65 / Appendix --- p.67 / Chapter 7 --- Appendix: equation derivation --- p.67 / Bibliography
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_327070 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Contributors | Chen, Qiuting., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Statistics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 74 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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