Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Jan, 1978, Volume 46, Issue 1

Approximating the Exact Finite Sample Distribution of a Spectral Estimator

https://doi.org/0012-9682(197801)46:1<21:ATEFSD>2.0.CO;2-H
p. 21-32

D. S. Poskitt

In this paper an explicit and computationally convenient expansion of the exact finite sample distribution function of a quasi-maximum likelihood spectral estimator is given. In the majority of practical situations it will be necessary to estimate certain nuisance parameters of the distribution. Therefore, a method of evaluating these parameters is suggested an some Monte-Carlo evidence concerning the practical implementation of the results is given.


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