GMM Estimation with Non-causal Instruments*
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0305-9049
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00631.x