On the effect of prior assumptions in Bayesian model averaging with applications to growth regression

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-674

  Ley, Eduardo ^a   Steel, Mark F J ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67651246919     PISSN: 08837252     EISSN: 10991255     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jae.1057     Document Type: Article

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