With or without u? the appropriate test for a U-shaped relationship

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Lind, Jo Thori ^a   Mehlum, Halvor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 72949098075     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2009.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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