Measuring firm performance by using linear and non-parametric quantile regressions

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-250

  Landajo, Manuel ^a   De Andrés, Javier ^a   Lorca, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

B splines; Linear quantile regression; Non parametric quantile regression; Ratio analysis; Return on assets

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449134703     PISSN: 00359254     EISSN: 14679876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9876.2007.00610.x     Document Type: Article

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