Local polynomial inference for small area statistics: Estimation, validation and prediction

Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 633-648

  Sperlich, Stefan ^a   Lombardía, María José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Local polynomial estimation; Mixed effects models; Model specification tests; Semiparametric small area statistics; Small area statistics; Specification testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954269687     PISSN: 10485252     EISSN: 10290311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10485250903311607     Document Type: Article

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