Search Models and Duration Data

Handbook of Applied Econometrics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 275-320

  Neumann, George R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Duration data and distributions; Econometric models; Theory and duration models

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044941233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631216339.1999.00008.x     Document Type: Chapter

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