The estimator ˆρ(h) is consistent for ρ(h) under an appropriate set of assumptions, that is, Var(ˆρ(h)−ρ(h))→0 as n→∞. For m≥1, let \(\...The estimator ˆρ(h) is consistent for ρ(h) under an appropriate set of assumptions, that is, Var(ˆρ(h)−ρ(h))→0 as n→∞. For m≥1, let ρm=(ρ(1),…,ρ(m))T and ˆρm=(ˆρ(1),…,ˆρ(m))T, where T denotes the transpose of a vector.