Journal Article

Maximal uniform convergence rates in parametric estimation problems

Authors

Walter Beckert, Daniel McFadden

Published Date

1 April 2010

Type

Journal Article

This paper considers parametric estimation problems with i.i.d. data. It focusses on rate-effciency, in the sense of maximal possible convergence rates of stochastically bounded estimators, as an optimality criterion, largely unexplored in parametric estimation. Under mild conditions, the Hellinger metric, defined on the space of parametric probability measures, is shown to be an essentially universally applicable tool to determine maximal possible convergence rates.


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