Abstract
The linear normal multivariate errors-in-variables model is considered. The model involves an equation error. It is proved in both structural and functional cases that the first moment of the adjusted least squares estimator does not exist.
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Cheng, CL., Kukush, A. Non-Existence of the First Moment of the Adjusted Least Squares Estimator in Multivariate Errors-in-Variables Model. Metrika 64, 41–46 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00184-006-0029-z
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Keywords
- Adjusted least squares
- Equation error model
- Functional model
- Infinite first moment
- Linear multivariate error-in-variables model
- Structural model