Misspecification tests and their uses in econometrics

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-260

  Godfrey, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrected estimators; Local alternatives; Misspecification tests; Score tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030584038     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-3758(95)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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