Beware of 'Good' outliers and overoptimistic conclusions

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 437-452

  Dehon, Catherine ^a   Gassner, Marjorie ^a   Verardi, Vincenzo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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EID: 63849210452     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2009.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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