A modified family of power transformations

Economics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-19

  Yang, Zhenlin ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Box Cox transformation; Dual power transformation; Duration; Trans normal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744911981     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.01.011     Document Type: Article

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