Partial identification of probability distributions with misclassified data

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-117

  Molinari, Francesca ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct misclassification approach; Misclassification; Partial identification

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION; DATA REDUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DATA ERRORS; DIRECT MISCLASSIFICATION APPROACH; MISCLASSIFICATION; PARTIAL IDENTIFICATION;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

EID: 42749096694     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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