Torabi, Mahmoud; Rao, J.N.K. - In: Journal of Multivariate Analysis 117 (2013) C, pp. 76-87
Most of the research on small area estimation has focused on unconditional mean squared error (MSE) estimation under an assumed small area model. Datta et al. (2011) [3] studied conditional MSE estimation of a small area mean under a basic area-level model, conditional on the area-specific...