Identification using stability restrictions

Econometrica

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1799-1851

  Magnusson, Leandro M ^a   Mavroeidis, Sophocles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GMM; Identification; Lucas critique; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908200912     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9612     Document Type: Article

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