Efficiency. of infinite dimensional M‐ estimators

A. W. van der Vaart

Statistica Neerlandica, 1995, vol. 49, issue 1, 9-30

Abstract: It is well‐known that maximum likelihood estimators are asymptotically normal with covariance equal to the inverse Fisher information in smooth, finite dimensional parametric models. Thus they are asymptotically efficient. A similar phenomenon has been observed for certain infinite dimensional parameter spaces. We give a simple proof of efficiency, starting from a theorem on asymptotic normality of infinite dimensional M‐estimators. The proof avoids the explicit calculation of the Fisher information. We also address Hadamard differentiability of the corresponding M‐functionals.

Date: 1995
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