%A Pascal Lavergne %A Quang H. Vuong %J Journal of Nonparametric Statistics %T An integral estimator of residual variance and a measure of explanatory power of covariates in nonparametric regression %X We propose a new estimator of unconditional residual variance in nonparametric regression based on the integral of squared residuals. We show its consistency in L1 under general conditions and derive a nonparametric decomposition of the variance formula. Monte-Carlo experiments suggest that the estimator has good small sample properties. %N 4 %P 363-380 %V 9 %D 1998 %I Taylor & Francis %R 10.1080/10485259808832750 %L publications44148