Exact Skewness-Kurtosis Tests for Multivariate Normality and Goodness-of-Fit in Multivariate Regressions with Application to Asset Pricing Models

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 891-906

  Dufour, Jean Marie ^a   Khalaf, Lynda ^b   Beaulieu, Marie Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0346937461     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0305-9049.2003.00085.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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