A comparison of two methods for testing the utility maximization hypothesis when quantity data are measured with error

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 612-629

  Jones, Barry E ^a   De Peretti, Philippe ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

GARP; Measurement Errors; Nonparametric Tests; Weak Separability

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844482368     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100505040381     Document Type: Review

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