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Estimation of the Mean of a Univariate Normal Distribution When the Variance is not Known

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  • Danilov, D.L.

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  • Magnus, J.R.

    (Tilburg University, Center For Economic Research)

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  • Danilov, D.L. & Magnus, J.R., 2002. "Estimation of the Mean of a Univariate Normal Distribution When the Variance is not Known," Discussion Paper 2002-77, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
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    3. Manganelli, Simone, 2016. "Deciding with judgment," Working Paper Series 1947, European Central Bank.
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    6. Magnus, J.R. & Powell, O.R. & Prüfer, P., 2008. "A Comparison of Two Averaging Techniques with an Application to Growth Empirics," Discussion Paper 2008-39, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    7. Giuseppe De Luca & Jan R. Magnus & Franco Peracchi, 2021. "Posterior moments and quantiles for the normal location model with Laplace prior," Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(17), pages 4039-4049, August.
    8. Jan R. Magnus & Dmitry Danilov, 2004. "Forecast accuracy after pretesting with an application to the stock market," Journal of Forecasting, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(4), pages 251-274.
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