An application and comparison of some flexible parametric and semi-parametric qualitative response models

Economics Letters

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-152

  McDonald, James B ^a,b  

^a California Anaheim Mission   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexible parametric; Qualitative response models; Semi parametric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030273858     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1765(96)00907-X     Document Type: Article

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