Toward an empirical analysis of polarization

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-26

  Anderson, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convergence; Polarization; Statistical inference

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS;

CONVERGENCE; STATISTICAL INFERENCE; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 3042731583     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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