Paper #995
- Títol:
- An assessment of empirical Bayes and composite estimators for small areas
- Autor:
- Nicholas Longford
- Data:
- Novembre 2006
- Resum:
- We compare a set of empirical Bayes and composite estimators of the population means of the districts (small areas) of a country, and show that the natural modelling strategy of searching for a well fitting empirical Bayes model and using it for estimation of the area-level means can be inefficient.
- Paraules clau:
- Composite estimator, empirical Bayes models, mean squared error, small-area estimation
- Codis JEL:
- C15
- Àrea de Recerca:
- Estadística, Econometria i Mètodes Quantitatius
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