Consistency of two-step sample selection estimators despite misspecification of distribution

Economics Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-132

  Newey, Whitney K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C10; C21; Misspecification; Sample selection; Two step estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033442662     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(99)00024-5     Document Type: Article

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