Efficient Tests Under a Weak Convergence Assumption

Econometrica

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-435

  Müller, Ulrich K ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Robustness; Semiparametric efficiency; Unit root test

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951528446     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7793     Document Type: Article

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