Changepoint analysis of binary and ordinal probit models: An application to bank rate policy under the interwar gold standard

Political Analysis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-204

  Park, Jong Hee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 79959722898     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpr007     Document Type: Article

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