Applied Nonparametric Instrumental Variables Estimation

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 347-394

  Horowitz, Joel L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues; Endogenous variable; Ill posed inverse problem; Instrumental variable; Linear operator; Nonparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951518399     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA8662     Document Type: Article

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