the quality of peakedness in a unimodal distribution. Abnormalities are leptokurtosis where values are clustered about the mean and the tails of the curve, and platykurtosis where the clustering produces a plateau-shaped curve.

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leptokurtosis			Second, the significant statistical property of excess kurtosis provides a cautionary note. The Great Moderation and the relationship between output growth and ... by Fang, Wen-Shwo; Miller, Stephen M. / Southern Economic Journal The first generator produces normally distributed random numbers, and the second generates Student's t-distributed random numbers with excess kurtosis. Which daily price is less noisy? by Ting, Christopher / Financial Management In sum, the BVMT and TUNINDEX weekly and daily returns tend to be characterized by positive skewness, excess kurtosis and departure from normality. Long-range dependence in daily volatility on Tunisian stock market by Bellalah, Mondher; Aloui, Chaker; Abaoub, Ezzeddine / International Journal of Business			exacerbation examination examination assistance examination under anesthesia examine exanthem exanthem subitum exanthema exanthema subitum exanthematous exanthematous viral disease exanthems exarticulation excalation Excaliber excavatio excavatio rectouterina excavation excavation of optic disk excavator Excedrin EXCEL excementosis excerebration excess Excess kurtosis excess mortality excessive daytime sleepiness excessive sweat exchange exchange diffusion Exchange Lists for Meal Planning exchange plasmapheresis exchange transfusion exchange transfusion in the newborn exchanger excimer laser excipient excipients excise excision excision biopsy excisional biopsy excitability excitable excitable area excitant excitation excitation wave excitatory amino acids excitatory cause			Excess Cost Adjudication Function Excess Currency Countries Excess Currency Country excess current Excess Defense Article Excess deferral Excess Deferrals excess demand excess demand Excess Demand Probability Excess Disposition System excess electron Excess Emission Excess Emission Report Excess Emissions and Monitoring Systems Performance Report excess fare Excess Flow Valve Excess fluid Excess fluid excess fluid volume excess fluid volume excess fluid volume excess fluid volume excess fluid volume Excess Frequency Factor Excess Information Rate Excess Interest Excess Interest Whole Life Insurance Excess Inventory Program excess joint Excess kurtosis excess land Excess Liability Trust Fund Excess Lifetime Cancer Risk Excess Line Association of New York Excess Loan Excess Loans excess luggage excess luggage excess luggage excess luggage Excess margin Excess Margins Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit excess melanin excess melanin excess melanin Excess Mileage Surcharge excess mortality Excess Net Capital Excess Net Passive Income excess of arc Excess of Loss Excess of Loss Self-Insurance Pool Excess Officer Excess Ordering Authority excess overhang excess overhang excess overhang excess overhang Excess Parachute Payment

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