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Metadata
- Authors
- Ledoit, O., & Wolf, M.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (ES)
- Corresponding author
- Wolf, Michael
- Venue
- Journal of Multivariate Analysis
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-02
- Volume
- 88
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 365-411
- ISSN
- 0047-259X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2062125287
- Semantic Scholar
- b40890f3d917379ac4bd2e0933a134d45b4dc251
- Cited by
- 3,046
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 355 · 2025: 228 · 2024: 191 · 2023: 178 · 2022: 178 · 2021: 193 · 2020: 198 · 2019: 208 · 2018: 199 · 2017: 146 · 2016: 140 · 2015: 152 · 2014: 137 · 2013: 108 · 2012: 99
- FWCI
- 12.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Multivariate Analysis (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- e-Archivo (Carlos III University of Madrid) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- Yale University
- McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods and Inference
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Random Matrices and Applications
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
- Keywords
- covariance matrix estimation, sample covariance matrix, convex combination, asymptotic optimality, squared error loss
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