Weak instruments and empirical likelihood: A discussion of the papers by D. W. K. Andrews and J. H. Stock and Y. Kitamura

Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress, Volume III

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 238-260

  Smith, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511607547.009     Document Type: Chapter

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