Rank estimators for a transformation model

Econometric Theory

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1099-1120

  Asparouhova, Elena ^a   Golanski, Robert ^a   Kasprzyk, Krzysztof ^a   Sherman, Robert P ^a   Asparouhov, Tlhomir ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Mail Stop 228 77 ^*

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EID: 0036026152     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466602185045     Document Type: Article

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