Testing the significance of categorical predictor variables in nonparametric regression models

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 523-544

  Racine, Jeffery S ^a   Hart, Jeffrey ^b   Li, Qi ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete regressors; Inference; Kernel smoothing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845401010     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: 15324168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474930600972590     Document Type: Article

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