A Monte Carlo comparison of various semiparametric type-3 Tobit estimators

Annals of Economics and Finance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 125-136

  Min, Insik ^a   Sheu, Sheng Jang ^b   Wang, Zijun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo simulation; Semiparametric estimation; Type 3 Tobit model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884123912     PISSN: 15297373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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