Specification and identification issues in models involving a latent hierarchial structure

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 143-163

  Mouchart, M ^a   San Martin E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Functional model; Hierarchical model; Incidental and structural parameters; Mixture model; Sifting sequence; Strong and weak identification; Structural and ultrastructural model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037290167     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3758(02)00295-1     Document Type: Article

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