The sensitivity of econometric results to alternative implementations of least squares

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-38

  Stokes, Houston H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 29744446254     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2005-0242     Document Type: Article

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