Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

3-1987

Abstract

This note reexamines the general class of Sargan densities analyzed by Goldfeld and Quandt (1981), Kafei and Schmidt (1985), and others in the context of approximating normal densities in certain econometric models. It suggests a third-order Sargan density which complies with the Goldfeld and Quandt criteria, is unimodal, and is the best approximation to the normal for orders less than or equal to 3. Some errors in Goldfeld and Quandt paper are corrected.

Discipline

Econometrics

Research Areas

Econometrics

Publication

Journal of Econometrics

Volume

34

Issue

3

First Page

349

Last Page

354

ISSN

0304-4076

Identifier

10.1016/0304-4076(87)90017-0

Publisher

Elsevier

Copyright Owner and License

Publisher

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4076(87)90017-0

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