On the performance of nonparametric specification tests in regression models

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 477-490

  Miles, Daniel ^a   Mora, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nonparametric specification tests; Wage equations

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NONPARAMETRIC SPECIFICATION TESTS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037471346     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(02)00227-X     Document Type: Article

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