Incorporating monotonicity and concavity conditions in flexible functional forms

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-194

  Terrell, Dek ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21344458988     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199603)11:2<179::AID-JAE389>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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