The unbalanced nested error component regression model
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This paper considers a nested error component model with unbalanced data and proposes simple analysis of variance (ANOVA), maximum likelihood (MLE) and minimum norm quadratic unbiased estimators (MINQUE)-type estimators of the variance components. These are natural extensions from the biometrics, statistics and econometrics literature. The performance of these estimators is investigated by means of Monte Carlo experiments. While the MLE and MINQUE methods perform the best in estimating the variance components and the standard errors of the regression coe$cients, the simple ANOVA methods perform just as well in estimating the regression coe$cients. These estimation methods are also used to investigate the productivity of public capital in private production. ( 2001 Published by Elsevier Science S.A.
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