A simple ordered data estimator for inverse density weighted expectations

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 189-211

  Lewbel, Arthur ^a   Schennach, Susanne M ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary choice; Binomial response; Conditional expectation; Density estimation; Semiparametric

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BINARY CHOICE; BIONMIAL RESPONSE; CONDITIONAL EXPECTATION; DENSITY ESTIMATION; SEMIPARAMETRIC;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 33748593927     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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