Instrumental variable estimation based on grouped data

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-267

  Bekker, Paul A ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Generalized method of moments; Group asymptotics; Instrumental variable estimation; Limited information maximum likelihood; Linear functional relationship; Many instruments asymptotics; Natural experiments

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544452763     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9574.2005.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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