Quadratic engel curves with measurement error: Evidence from a budget survey

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 123-138

  Kedir, Abbi ^a   Girma, Sourafel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33846869672     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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