Leapfrog estimation of a fixed-effects model with unknown transformation of the dependent variable

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-228

  Abrevaya, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed effects models; Multiple spell duration models; Semiparametric estimation; Transformation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005869025     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00009-3     Document Type: Article

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