Nonparametric estimation of distributional policy effects

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-70

  Rothe, Christoph ^a  

^a TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

Counterfactual distribution; Empirical process; Nonparametric regression; Nonseparable model; Policy effects

Indexed keywords

COVARIATES; EMPIRICAL PROCESS; GINI COEFFICIENTS; LORENZ CURVES; NON-PARAMETRIC; NON-PARAMETRIC ESTIMATIONS; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; NONSEPARABLE; SIMULATION STUDIES; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 75149197901     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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