Inferring technological parameters from incomplete panel data

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-327

  Dionne, Georges ^a,b   Gagné, Robert ^a,b   Vanasse, Charles ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost function; Incomplete panel; Selection model; Technological parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011322310     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(98)00002-5     Document Type: Article

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