A consistent test of functional form via nonparametric estimation techniques

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 263-289

  Xu Zheng, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional moment test; Consistent test; Degenerate and nondegenerate U statistics; Kernel estimation; Local alternatives; Specification test

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000617856     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(95)01760-7     Document Type: Article

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