A Consistent Method for the Selection of Relevant Instruments

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-287

  Hall, Alastair R ^a   Peixe, Fernanda P M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canonical correlations; Information criterion; Instrument selection; Instrumental variables estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542713352     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ETC-120024752     Document Type: Article

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