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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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183<br />

Theorem: Under (C1)-(C7) and the condition<br />

0 ( 0 ) ∞ we have that<br />

√ ³<br />

<br />

³ˆ − 0´ → 0 −1 ( 0 )´<br />

<br />

where nˆ o<br />

is any consistent sequence of roots of<br />

the likelihood equation.<br />

Proof: By Taylor’s Theorem,<br />

0=<br />

0 ³ˆ ´<br />

³ˆ − 0´2<br />

<br />

000<br />

= 0 ( 0 )+ ³ˆ − 0´ 00 ( 0 )+ 1<br />

⎧<br />

2<br />

√<br />

= 0 ⎨<br />

<br />

³ˆ − 0´<br />

( 0 )+<br />

⎩ · √ 1 h<br />

<br />

<br />

00<br />

( 0 )+ 1 2<br />

for some ∗ between ˆ and 0 .Thus<br />

( ∗ )<br />

³ˆ − 0´ 000 ( ∗ ) i ⎫<br />

⎬<br />

⎭ <br />

√ <br />

³ˆ − 0´<br />

=<br />

− 00 ( 0 )<br />

<br />

0 ( 0 ) √ <br />

−<br />

³ˆ − 0´<br />

000 ()<br />

∗<br />

2<br />

<br />

By the preced<strong>in</strong>g lemma and the consistency of ˆ <br />

we have that ³ˆ − 0´ 000 () ∗ → 0, so that

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