Log income vs. linear income: An application of the encompassing principle

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 807-827

  Ermini, Luigi ^a   Hendry, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57049127679     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00531.x     Document Type: Article

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