Partial identification of spread parameters

Quantitative Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-357

  Stoye, Jörg ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Missing data; Nonparametric bounds; Partial identification; Sensitivity analysis; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866762008     PISSN: 17597323     EISSN: 17597331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/QE24     Document Type: Article

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