The method of simulated quantiles

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 235-247

  Dominicy, Yves ^a   Veredas, David ^a  

^a SOLVAY BRUSSELS SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inference; Matching; Quantiles; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS;

CLOSED FORM; INDIRECT INFERENCE; INFERENCE; MATCHING; MONTE CARLO STUDY; PROBABILITY LAW; QUANTILES; SIMULATION; STABLE DISTRIBUTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84872032462     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2012.08.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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