A semiparametric derivative estimator in log transformation models

Econometrics Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 538-553

  Ai, Chunrong ^a,b   Norton, Edward C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic distribution; Conditional mean; Derivative estimator; Log transformation; Series estimator

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849111106     PISSN: 13684221     EISSN: 1368423X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-423X.2008.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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