Computational methods for measuring the difference of empirical distributions

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 353-365

  Poe, Gregory L ^a   Giraud, Kelly L ^b   Loomis, John B ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; Contingent valuation; Endangered species; Measuring differences of distributions; Scope testing

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CONTINGENT VALUATION;

EID: 18844374763     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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