1. Varying-Coefficient Models: New Models, Inference Procedures, and Applications Open Access Author: Wang, Yang Title: Varying-Coefficient Models: New Models, Inference Procedures, and Applications Graduate Program: Statistics Keywords: Monte Carlo simulationsemi-parametricsemiparametricnonparametric regressionkernel regressionlocal likelihoodgeneralized likelihood ratio testcross validationTime-varying-coefficient modelNonlinearLocal LinearVarying-coefficient Modelforecastingbandwidthbootstrapingbootstrap File: Download phdthesis.pdf Committee Members: Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJingzhi Huang, Committee Chair/Co-ChairJames Landis Rosenberger, Committee MemberDamla Senturk, Committee Member