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On bias reduction and incidental parameters

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Summary Firth (1993) introduced a method for reducing the bias of the maximum likelihood estimator. Here it is shown that the approach is also effective in reducing the sensitivity of inferential procedures to incidental parameters.

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  • N Lunardon, 2018. "On bias reduction and incidental parameters," Biometrika, Biometrika Trust, vol. 105(1), pages 233-238.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:biomet:v:105:y:2018:i:1:p:233-238.
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    1. Kunz, J.S.; & Staub, K.E.; & Winkelmann, R.;, 2018. "Predicting fixed effects in panel probit models," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 18/23, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
    2. Asma Saleh, 2024. "Reduced bias estimation of the log odds ratio," Statistical Papers, Springer, vol. 65(8), pages 5293-5331, October.
    3. Johannes S. Kunz & Kevin E. Staub & Rainer Winkelmann, 2021. "Predicting individual effects in fixed effects panel probit models," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 184(3), pages 1109-1145, July.

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