Measurement errors: A principal investigator-agent approach

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-298

  Philipson, Tomas ^a   Malani, Anup ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection; Measurement error; Survey design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347721619     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(98)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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