Automatic inference of the contemporaneous causal order of a system of equations

Econometric Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-77

  Hoover, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 15744396254     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026646660505005X     Document Type: Article

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