Estimation of policy effects using parametric nonlinear models: a contextual critique of the generalized method of moments

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology - Tập 6 Số 3-4 - Trang 177-198 - 2006
Joseph V. Terza1
1Department of Economics, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

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