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ii c 2013 Yi Liu ALL RIGHTS RESERVED iii ABSTRACT YI LIU. Generalized Quasi-Likelihood Ratio Statistics for Multivariate Time-varying Coefficient Regression Models. (Under the direction of DR. JIANCHENG JIANG) Generalized likelihood ratio statistics have been a generally applicable method for testing nonparametric hypotheses about nonparametric functions.It has been widely used in many research...

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