Nonparametric inference on structural breaks

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 113-144

  Delgado, Miguel A ^a   Hidalgo, Javier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic models; Nonparametric regression; One sided kernels; Structural breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012855576     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00052-4     Document Type: Article

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