Unconditional quantile regressions

Econometrica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 953-973

  Firpo, Sergio ^a   Fortin, Nicole M ^b,c   Lemieux, Thomas ^b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Influence functions; Quantile regressions; RIF regressions; Unconditional quantile

Indexed keywords

EID: 65949087891     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA6822     Document Type: Article

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