Better confidence intervals: The double bootstrap with no pivot

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 552-559

  Letson, David ^b   McCullough, B D ^a  

^a FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Confidence interval; Convergence; Elasticity; Flexibility; Iterated bootstrap; Pivot

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039109521     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244557     Document Type: Article

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