Weak instrument robust tests in GMM and the new Keynesian Phillips curve

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 293-311

  Kleibergen, Frank ^a   Mavroeidis, Sophocles ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Identification; Power of tests; Size distortion; Structual breaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950655829     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jbes.2009.08280     Document Type: Article

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