Conditional inference for possibly unidentified structural equations

Econometric Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 707-743

  Forchini, Giovanni ^a   Hillier, Grant ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142199786     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466603195011     Document Type: Article

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