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Who Invented Local Power Analysis?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Douglas A. McManus
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Abstract

Asymptotic local power analysis has become an important and increasingly used technique in econometrics. This paper reviews the history of local power analysis and delineates the contribution of J.Neyman, E.J.G. Pitman, and G. Noether.

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Brief Report
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Econometric Theory , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 265 - 268
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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