In an influential work, Qin and Lawless (1994) proposed a general estimating equations (GEE) formulation for maximum empirical likelihood (MEL) estimation and inference. The formulation replaces a model specified by GEE with a set of data-supported probability mass functions that satisfy...

It is 15:00 on Friday in Nairobi. Do you know where your enumerators are?? Good quality data is paramount for applied economic research. If the data are distorted, corresponding conclusions may be incorrect. We demonstrate how Benford's law, the distribution that first digits of numbers in...