Econometrics and decision theory

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 255-283

  Chamberlain, Gary ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes procedure; Expected utility; Longitudinal data; Minimax regret; Predictive distribution; Risk robustness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037760585     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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