Testing among functional forms : An extension of the Generalized Box-Cox formulation

Applied Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1001-1010

  Lansink, Alfons Oude ^a   Thijssen, Geert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0000992978     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000368498325174     Document Type: Article

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