Galton, Edgeworth, Frisch, and prospects for quantile regression in econometrics

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 347-374

  Koenker, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Interior point methods; Least absolute error regression; Linear programming; Quantile regression; Regression depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346983830     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(99)00043-3     Document Type: Article

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