This book collects contributions written by well-known statisticians and econometricians to acknowledge Leopold Simar's far-reaching scientific impact on Statistics and Econometrics throughout his career. The papers contained herein were presented at a conference in Louvain-la-Neuve in May 2009 in honor of his retirement. The contributions cover a broad variety of issues surrounding frontier estimation, which Leopold Simar has contributed much to over the past two decades, as well as related issues such as semiparametric regression and models for censored data. This book collects contributions written by well-known statisticians and econometricians to acknowledge Leopold Simar's far-reaching scientific impact on Statistics and Econometrics throughout his career. The papers contained herein were presented at a conference in Louvain-la-Neuve in May 2009 in honor of his retirement. The contributions cover a broad variety of issues surrounding frontier estimation, which Leopold Simar has contributed much to over the past two decades, as well as related issues such as semiparametric regression and models for censored data.

Book Information
ISBN 9783790823486
Author Ingrid van Keilegom
Format Hardback
Page Count 265
Imprint Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co
Publisher Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Weight(grams) 594g