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Nous consid\'erons dans cet article des mod\`eles \`a choix binaires et coefficients al\'eatoires. Le but est d'estimer de mani\`ere nonparam\'etrique la densit\'e du coefficient al\'eatoire. Il s'agit d'un probl\`eme inverse mal pos\'e…
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