Two New Zealand pioneer econometricians

New Zealand Economic Papers

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-26

  Phillips, Peter C B ^a,b,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aitken; Bergstrom; Continuous time; Cram r rao bound; Exact distribution; GLS; HP filter; LIML; Minimum variance unbiased estimation; Pioneers of econometrics; Projection; UK economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957890608     PISSN: 00779954     EISSN: 19434863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00779951003614057     Document Type: Article

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