Another look at the identification of dynamic discrete decision processes: An application to retirement behavior

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 201-218

  Aguirregabiria, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Counterfactual policy interventions; Dynamic discrete decision processes; Nonparamet ric identification; Retirement behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649090825     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jbes.2009.07072     Document Type: Article

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