Inference Based on Conditional Moment Inequalities

Econometrica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 609-666

  Andrews, Donald W K ^a   Shi, Xiaoxia ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic power; Asymptotic size; Conditional moment inequalities; Confidence set; Cram r von Mises; Generalized moment selection; Kolmogorov Smirnov; Moment inequalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875520216     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9370     Document Type: Article

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