Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 January 2021
This paper develops an asymptotic theory of nonlinear least squares estimation by establishing a new framework that can be easily applied to various nonlinear regression models with heteroscedasticity. As an illustration, we explore an application of the framework to nonlinear regression models with nonstationarity and heteroscedasticity. In addition to these main results, this paper provides a maximum inequality for a class of martingales, which is of interest in its own right.
The author thanks Professor Peter Phillips (Editor), Professor Giuseppe Cavaliere (Co-Editor) and four referees for their very helpful comments on the original version. The author also acknowledges the research support given by the Australian Research Council.