Art of Semiparametrics

This selection of articles emerged from different works presented "e;The Art of Semiparametrics"e; conference in 2003 in Berlin. It offers a collection of individual works that together show the large spectrum of semiparametric statistics. The book combines theoretical contributions with more applied and empirical studies. Although each article represents an original contribution to its own field, all are written in a self-contained way that may be read by non-experts.