Adaptive testing in continuous-time diffusion models

Econometric Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 844-882

  Gao, Jiti ^a   King, Maxwell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 7244243713     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466604205023     Document Type: Article

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