Applying the copula approach to sample selection modelling

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1443-1455

  Genius, Margarita ^a   Strazzera, Elisabetta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT VALUATION; MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 45949104062     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600794348     Document Type: Article

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