Reweighted functional estimation of diffusion models

Econometric Theory

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 541-563

  Xu, Ke Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 77951104479     PISSN: 02664666     EISSN: 14694360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266466609100087     Document Type: Article

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