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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 August 2010
A local limit theorem is given for the sample mean of azero energy function of a nonstationary time seriesinvolving twin numerical sequences that pass toinfinity. The result is applicable in certainnonparametric kernel density estimation andregression problems where the relevant quantitiesare functions of both sample size and bandwidth. Aninteresting outcome of the theory in nonparametricregression is that the linear term is eliminatedfrom the asymptotic bias. In consequence and incontrast to the stationary case, the Nadaraya–Watsonestimator has the same limit distribution (to thesecond order including bias) as the local linearnonparametric estimator.
Our thanks to the co-editor and two referees forhelpful comments on the original version of thispaper. Wang acknowledges partial research supportfrom the Australian Research Council. Phillipsacknowledges partial research support from the NSFunder grant SES 06-47086.