Empirical likelihood in the presence of nuisance parameters

Biometrika

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 203-211

  Lazar, Nicole A ^a   Mykland, Per Aslak ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bartlett correction; Edgeworth expansion; Empirical likelihood; General estimating equation; Likelihood inference; Likelihood ratio test; Martingale inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009206155     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/86.1.203     Document Type: Article

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