On Bartlett correction of empirical likelihood in the presence of nuisance parameters

Biometrika

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 215-220

  Chen, Song Xi ^a   Cui, Hengjian ^b  

^a Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bartlett correction; Empirical likelihood; Estimation equation; Nuisance parameter

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644988500     PISSN: 00063444     EISSN: 14643510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biomet/93.1.215     Document Type: Article

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