Historical notes on semi-parametric theory and estimation

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This post gathers some notes on the history of various topics with a focus on the history of semi-parametric efficiency theory and related estimators. Some of these are more fleshed out than others. I intend to add to this as I learn more. Bibtex is provided at the bottom. Statistical Functionals and von Mises calculus The concept of a statistical functional has origins in von Mises (1947). There…

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