Copula modeling: An introduction for practitioners

Foundations and Trends in Econometrics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-111

  Trivedi, Pravin K ^a   Zimmer, David M ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66149120043     PISSN: 15513076     EISSN: 15513084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0800000005     Document Type: Article

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