Instrumental variables regression with weak instruments

Econometrica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-586

  Staiger, Douglas ^a   Stock, James H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endogeneity tests; LIML; Overidentification tests; Two stage least squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346307687     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2171753     Document Type: Article

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