Estimating the Smoothing Parameter in Piecewise Constant Regression* *We wish to thank Markku Rahiala and Pentti Saikkonen for useful discussions, Juha Puranen for help in programming and Elina Järvinen for research assistance. The responsibility for any errors remains ours. Financial support from the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation is gratefully acknowledged.

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