An assessment of empirical Bayes and composite estimators for small areas

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.

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Year of publication:	2006-11
Authors:	Longford, Nicholas
Institutions:	Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Subject:	Composite estimator \| empirical Bayes models \| mean squared error \| small-area estimation

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Economics Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	C15 - Statistical Simulation Methods; Monte Carlo Methods
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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