Asymptotic normality of single-equation estimators for the case with a large number of weak instruments

Econometric Theory and Practice: Frontiers of Analysis and Applied Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 82-124

  Swanson, Norman R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248515820     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139164863.006     Document Type: Chapter

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