Large dimensional factor analysis

Foundations and Trends in Econometrics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-163

  Bai, Jushan ^a   Ng, Serena ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 79953189262     PISSN: 15513076     EISSN: 15513084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0800000002     Document Type: Review

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