In this paper we propose two bootstrap-based tests for Spearman's rho. The first is a semiparametric test based on copulas, while the second is a nonparametric test. The efficiency of the tests are investigated by means ...

The traditional non-parametric bootstrap (referred to as the n-out-of-n bootstrap) is a widely applicable and powerful tool for statistical inference, but in important situations it can fail. It is well known that by using ...