SOME NEW RESULTS CONCERNING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE METHOD OF MOMENTS ESTIMATORS FOR THE LOCATION PARAMETER CASE

George Tzavelas (Greece)

Received February 22, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: location parameter, estimating function, asymptotic efficiency.