The Bernoullis of Basel

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-13

  Stigler, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bernoullis; Euler; History; Likelihood; Maximum likelihood; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 30244564947     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4076(95)01765-8     Document Type: Article

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