Chambers, R.; Chandra, H. - 2008
EBLUP, with the simple MSE estimator associated with the MBD estimator providing good coverage performance. We also report … results that indicate that the MBD estimator may be more robust than the EBLUP when the small area model is incorrectly … of variables, including variables that are unsuitable for EBLUP, e.g. variables that contain a significant proportion of …