Generalized method of moments and empirical likelihood

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 493-506

  Imbens, Guido W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empirical likelihood; Generalized method of moments; Moment conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036790490     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500102288618630     Document Type: Article

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