Empirical likelihood methods in econometrics: Theory and practice

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 174-237

  Kitamura, Yuichi ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511607547.008     Document Type: Chapter

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