Authors
![Walter Beckert](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-05/Walter_Beckert.jpg?itok=_Sjg-kgz)
Research Associate Birkbeck, University of London
Walter is a Research Associate at the IFS, a Reader in Economics at Birkbeck, University of London and holds a position in the Academic Panel at CMA.
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Daniel McFadden
Suggested citation
Beckert, W and McFadden, D. (2010). 'Maximal uniform convergence rates in parametric estimation problems' (2010)
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