Efficient tests for general persistent time variation in regression coefficients

Review of Economic Studies

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 907-940

  Elliott, Graham ^a   Müller, Ulrich K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749072972     PISSN: 00346527     EISSN: 1467937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2006.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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