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This confidence band can be applied as a econometric model check. The derived result helps in the construction of a uniform confidence band for the quantile curve l( x). Using strong approximations of the empirical process and extreme value theory, we consider the asymptotic maximal deviation sup 0≤ x≤1 | l n( x) − l( x)|. In many applications it is necessary to know the stochastic fluctuation of the process. The strong uniform consistency rate is established under general conditions.
A quantile smoother l n( x) is a localized, nonlinear estimator of l( x). Let ( X 1, Y 1), …, ( X n, Y n) be independent and identically distributed random variables and let l( x) be the unknown p-quantile regression curve of Y conditional on X.
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