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Maximal uniform convergence rates in parametric estimation problems

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Walter Beckert
Daniel McFadden () (Institute for Fiscal Studies and University of California, Berkeley)

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This paper considers parametric estimation problems with i.i.d. data. It focusses on rate-effciency, in the sense of maximal possible convergence rates of stochastically bounded estimators, as an optimality criterion, largely unexplored in parametric estimation. Under mild conditions, the Hellinger metric, defined on the space of parametric probability measures, is shown to be an essentially universally applicable tool to determine maximal possible convergence rates.

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Paper provided by Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies in its series CeMMAP working papers with number CWP06/05.

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Date of creation: Jun 2005
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Keywords: parametric estimators; uniform convergence; Hellinger distance; Locally Asymptotically Quadratic (LAQ) Families;

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C13 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Estimation
C16 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General - - - Econometric and Statistical Methods; Specific Distributions

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