Censored latent effects autoregression, with an application to US unemployment

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 347-366

  Franses, Philip Hans ^a   Paap, Richard ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0036054520     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.627     Document Type: Article

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