Model selection and inference: Facts and fiction

Econometric Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-59

  Leeb, Hannes ^a   Pötscher, Benedikt M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 15744376883     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466605050036     Document Type: Article

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