Initial conditions and moment restrictions in dynamic panel data models

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-143

  Blundell, Richard ^a   Bond, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic panel data; Error components; GMM; Initial conditions; Weak instruments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001438979     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(98)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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