The inconsistency of common scale estimators when output prices are unobserved and endogenous

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-361

  Klette, Tor Jakob ^a  

^a STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 21344449319     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1255(199607)11:4<343::aid-jae404>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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