Robust priors in nonlinear panel data models

Econometrica

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 489-536

  Arellano, Manuel ^a   Bonhomme, Stéphane ^a  

^a CEMFI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bias reduction; Incidental parameters; Integrated likelihood; Panel data; Priors

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849111088     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA6895     Document Type: Article

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