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estimation by maximum likelihood when errors are non-normals

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:15 am
by Vins
How can I specify an other distribution (than the normal) for errors in the estimation by maximum likelihood?
Thank you

Re: estimation by maximum likelihood when errors are non-normals

Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:01 am
by EViews Gareth
When you specify the likelihood function, specify it for the distribution you want.

There is nothing intrinsic in the LogL object that says it uses a normal distribution.