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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Inference - Statistics Centre

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22. Efficiency; multiparameter estimation; method<br />

of moments<br />

• Efficiency. Recall that if ˆ is the MLE (or a<br />

one-step approximation) then<br />

√ ³ <br />

³ˆ − ´ → 0 −1 ()´<br />

and −1 () ≤ [ √ ( − )] for any unbiased<br />

. Consider now estimates of , not<br />

necessarily unbiased <strong>in</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ite samples but satisfy<strong>in</strong>g<br />

√ ( − ) → (0())<br />

with () cont<strong>in</strong>uous and 0 () ∞. Under<br />

(C1)-(C7) it can be shown that, if () is also<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>uous, then () ≥ −1 (). An estimator<br />

atta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g this lower bound is called efficient. In<br />

particular, the MLE is efficient if () iscont<strong>in</strong>uous.<br />

By the delta method, if is efficient for<br />

then ( )isefficient for () at all po<strong>in</strong>ts <br />

where 0 () 6= 0,s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

√ ( ( ) − ()) → <br />

⎛<br />

⎝0<br />

£<br />

0 () ¤ 2<br />

()<br />

= −1 ( ())<br />

⎞<br />

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