Box-cox quantile regression and the distribution of firm sizes

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-274

  Machado, José A F ^a   Mata, José ^b  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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EID: 0034391783     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1255(200005/06)15:3<253::AID-JAE559>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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