Cai, Song; Rao, J. N. K.; Dumitrescu, Laura; Chatrchi, … - In: Statistics in Transition New Series 21 (2020) 4, pp. 68-83
We present a simple yet effective variable selection method for the two-fold nested subarea model, which generalizes the widely-used Fay-Herriot area model. The twofold subarea model consists of a sampling model and a linking model, which has a nested-error model structure but with unobserved...