March Madness in the Reading Department

It's time for the monthly round-up of recommended reading material.

• Gan, L. and J. Jiang, 1999. A test for global maximum. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 94, 847-854.
• Nowak-Lehmann, F., D. Herzer, S. Vollmer, and I. Martinez-Zarzosa, 2006. Problems in applying dynamic panel data models: Theoretical and empirical findings. Discussion Paper Nr. 140, IAI, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
• Olive, D. J., 2004. Does the MLE maximize the likelihood? Mimeo., Department of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University. 
• Pollock, D. S. G., 2014. Econometrics: An historical guide for the uninitiated. Working Paper No. 14/05, Department of Economics, University of Leicester.
• Terrell, G. R., 2002. The gradient statistic. Interface 2002: Computing Science and Statistics, Vol. 34.
• Wald, A., 1940. The fitting of straight lines if both variables are subject to error. Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 11, 284-300.

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