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Owusu B, Bökemeier B, Greiner A. Assessing nonlinearities and heterogeneity in debt sustainability analysis: a panel spline approach. EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS 2022; 64:1315-1346. [PMID: 35991965 PMCID: PMC9374487 DOI: 10.1007/s00181-022-02284-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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This paper empirically studies public debt sustainability with the penalized panel splines approach for 25 EU economies from 2000 to 2019 by estimating the response of the primary surplus to lagged debt relative to GDP, respectively. A positive coefficient on average indicates sustainable policies, which is supported by all our results. Moreover, we show that this relationship is not homogeneous across the distribution of the debt ratios but varies with the magnitude of public debt to GDP. The estimations reveal a strongly increasing reaction for small and high debt ratios while it is rather flat for intermediate levels. This holds for normal times, too, whereas during years of economic crisis a monotonously increasing response can be observed. Additionally, for a cluster consisting of smaller EU economies, there is an indication of 'fiscal fatigue', meaning that the effort of active fiscal counter-steering peters out for high ratios of public debt to GDP. The same effect can be observed for the whole sample and a sample including the large EU economies, once Greece is removed.
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- Benjamin Owusu
- Department of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Business Administration and Economics, Bielefeld University, P.O. Box 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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Li W, Xue L, Zhao P. Empirical likelihood based inference for varying coefficient panel data models with fixed effect. COMMUN STAT-THEOR M 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2020.1828924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Wanbin Li
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Yancheng Teachers University, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China
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- College of Mathematics and Statistics, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China
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Suk Y, Kang H. Robust Machine Learning for Treatment Effects in Multilevel Observational Studies Under Cluster-level Unmeasured Confounding. PSYCHOMETRIKA 2022; 87:310-343. [PMID: 34652613 DOI: 10.1007/s11336-021-09805-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Recently, machine learning (ML) methods have been used in causal inference to estimate treatment effects in order to reduce concerns for model mis-specification. However, many ML methods require that all confounders are measured to consistently estimate treatment effects. In this paper, we propose a family of ML methods that estimate treatment effects in the presence of cluster-level unmeasured confounders, a type of unmeasured confounders that are shared within each cluster and are common in multilevel observational studies. We show through simulation studies that our proposed methods are robust from biases from unmeasured cluster-level confounders in a variety of multilevel observational studies. We also examine the effect of taking an algebra course on math achievement scores from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, a multilevel observational educational study, using our methods. The proposed methods are available in the CURobustML R package.
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- Youmi Suk
- School of Data Science, University of Virginia, 31 Bonnycastle Dr, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, USA.
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- Department of Statistics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Zhang M, Yang Z, Liu L, Zhou D. Impact of renewable energy investment on carbon emissions in China - An empirical study using a nonparametric additive regression model. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 785:147109. [PMID: 33932674 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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This study analyzed the comprehensive impact of renewable energy investment on carbon emissions in China. To achieve this, a nonparametric additive regression model was built. Using the STIRPAT model, we considered six influencing factors: economic growth, industrialization level, urbanization level, population aging, trade openness, and renewable energy investment. This enabled the exploration of the existence, direction, and intensity of the impact of renewable energy investment on carbon emissions. The results of the linear component of the model showed that renewable energy investment can slightly reduce carbon emissions. The results of the nonlinear component of the model showed that the impacts of renewable energy investment on carbon emissions were inconsistent at different stages of the investment. In the early stage, the renewable energy investment can increase carbon emissions. In the middle stage, the renewable energy investment begins to play a role in reducing emissions. In the later stage, renewable energy investment may be associated with increased carbon emissions again. The relationship between carbon emissions and the other five influencing factors can be represented by an inverted U-shaped curve, a U-shaped curve, or a slow rising curve. The results above provide useful references to adjust renewable energy investment and reduce carbon emissions.
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- Mingming Zhang
- College of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China.
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- College of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
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Adekunle IA. On the search for environmental sustainability in Africa: the role of governance. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:14607-14620. [PMID: 33216296 PMCID: PMC7677102 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11432-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Africa remains the most affected by environmental degradation, thereby exacerbating the negative effect of climate change in the region. Little empirical credence has been leaned to the institution-environmental sustainability relationship in Africa. This omission in the literature of environmental sustainability is abysmal, considering the role of institutions and government in ecological preservation. To inform policy and research on the subject matter, we estimated a unbalanced panel data of the indices of good governance and strong institutions to explain transformation to environmental sustainability using the dynamic system generalised method of moment estimator from 1996 through 2017. Findings suggested a positive relationship between the rule of law and regulatory quality and transformation to environmental sustainability. An inverse relationship between government effectiveness and environmental sustainability was established. We recommended concerted effort at an institutional level such that policy and punishment for violation of greenhouse strategies will be optimum.
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- Ibrahim Ayoade Adekunle
- Department of Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria.
- European Xtramile Centre of African Studies, Liège, Belgium.
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Model detection and estimation for varying coefficient panel data models with fixed effects. Comput Stat Data Anal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2020.107054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Environmental Kuznets Curve with Recycling: A Partially Linear Semiparametric Approach. JOURNAL OF RISK AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/jrfm13110274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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This paper is the first to study a comparatively new Environmental Kuznets Curve which traces empirically the relationship between environmental abatement and real GDP. Our model is a partial linear semi parametric model that allows for two way fixed effects to eliminate the bias arising from two sources. We use data for recycling and real GDP, for fifty states of the United States for the years between 1988 and 2017. We find evidence that this relationship is characterized by an increasing curve which confirms the existence of a J curve, a finding that agrees with the predictions from recent theoretical models.
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Zhang Y, Pan W. Estimation and inference for mixture of partially linear additive models. COMMUN STAT-THEOR M 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2020.1777305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Yi Zhang
- School of Insurance, Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance, Shanghai, China
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, Yulin Normal University, Guangxi, China
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Estimation of a rank-reduced functional-coefficient panel data model with serial correlation. J MULTIVARIATE ANAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2019.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lee Y, Mukherjee D, Ullah A. Nonparametric estimation of the marginal effect in fixed-effect panel data models. J MULTIVARIATE ANAL 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Penalized empirical likelihood for partially linear errors-in-variables panel data models with fixed effects. Stat Pap (Berl) 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s00362-018-1049-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Empirical likelihood based inference for fixed effects varying coefficient panel data models. J Stat Plan Inference 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Xiaozhi P, Hecheng W, Ling M. Asymptotic properties of the estimators of the semi-parametric spatial regression model. COMMUN STAT-THEOR M 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2017.1324983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Peng Xiaozhi
- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing China
- School of Business, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing China
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- College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing China
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- School of Business, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing China
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A penalized spline estimator for fixed effects panel data models. ASTA ADVANCES IN STATISTICAL ANALYSIS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10182-017-0296-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Liu T. Statistical inference of partially linear panel data regression models with fixed individual and time effects. COMMUN STAT-THEOR M 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2015.1116577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Tian Liu
- School of Statistics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China
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Zhao J, Feng S, Cheng W. Estimation in partially linear time-varying coefficients panel data models with fixed effects. J Korean Stat Soc 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jkss.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wu X, Liu T. Estimation and testing for semiparametric mixtures of partially linear models. COMMUN STAT-THEOR M 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/03610926.2016.1189569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Xing Wu
- School of Statistics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- School of Statistics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, P. R. China
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He BQ, Hong XJ, Fan GL. Block empirical likelihood for partially linear panel data models with fixed effects. Stat Probab Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.spl.2016.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Hu J, You J, Zhou X. Improved estimation of fixed effects panel data partially linear models with heteroscedastic errors. J MULTIVARIATE ANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2016.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Semi-parametric inference for semi-varying coefficient panel data model with individual effects. J MULTIVARIATE ANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2016.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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He BQ, Hong XJ, Fan GL. Empirical likelihood for semi-varying coefficient models for panel data with fixed effects. J Korean Stat Soc 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jkss.2016.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Li R, Wan AT, You J. Semiparametric GMM estimation and variable selection in dynamic panel data models with fixed effects. Comput Stat Data Anal 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yonghong A, Cheng H, Dong L. Semiparametric Estimation of Partially Linear Varying Coefficient Panel Data Models. ADVANCES IN ECONOMETRICS 2016. [DOI: 10.1108/s0731-905320160000036011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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González-Manteiga W, Martínez-Miranda MD, Van Keilegom I. Goodness-of-fit test in parametric mixed effects models based on estimation of the error distribution. Biometrika 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/biomet/asv061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Vogt M, Linton O. Classification of non-parametric regression functions in longitudinal data models. J R Stat Soc Series B Stat Methodol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/rssb.12155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Rodriguez-Poo JM, Soberón A. Nonparametric estimation of fixed effects panel data varying coefficient models. J MULTIVARIATE ANAL 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2014.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Rodriguez-Poo JM, Soberón A. Differencing techniques in semi-parametric panel data varying coefficient models with fixed effects: a Monte Carlo study. Comput Stat 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s00180-014-0549-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hu J, Liu F, You J. Panel data partially linear model with fixed effects, spatial autoregressive error components and unspecified intertemporal correlation. J MULTIVARIATE ANAL 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2014.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhu L, You J, Xu Q. Statistical Inference for Single-index Panel Data Models. Scand Stat Theory Appl 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/sjos.12067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Liping Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics (SUFE); Ministry of Education of China
- School of Statistics and Management; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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- Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics (SUFE); Ministry of Education of China
- School of Statistics and Management; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
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- School of Statistics and Management; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- School of Science; Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University
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Chen J, Dong B. A Nonparametric Estimation on the Effects of Import and Export Trade to Economic Growth in China. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Ai C, You J, Zhou Y. Statistical inference using a weighted difference-based series approach for partially linear regression models. J MULTIVARIATE ANAL 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmva.2010.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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