A test of non-identifying restrictions and confidence regions for partially identified parameters

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-196

  Galichon, Alfred ^a   Henry, Marc ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mass transportation; Partial identification; Specification test

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE REGION; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; ECONOMIC VARIABLES; IDENTIFIED PARAMETER; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUM; PARAMETER SET; PARAMETERIZED; PARTIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPECIFICATION TEST;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SPECIFICATIONS; TESTING;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 68949209196     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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