Inference for high-dimensional sparse econometric models

Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Tenth World Congress Volume 3, Econometrics

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 245-295

  Belloni, Alexandre ^a   Chernozhukov, Victor ^b   Hansen, Christian B ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139060035.008     Document Type: Chapter

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