Two-step estimation of a censored system of equations

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 972-982

  Shonkwiler, J Scott ^a   Yen, Steven T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Heien and Wessells procedure; Limited dependent variables; Monte carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000966498     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244339     Document Type: Article

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