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Small sample behaviour of quantile estimators

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The Koenker and D'Orey (Econometrica, 46, pp. 43-61, 1987) algorithm is compared with the Minimum Distance estimator proposed by Buchinsky (Econometrica, 62, pp. 405-58, 1994) to estimate the parameters of conditional quantiles specified as linear models.

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  • Daniel Miles, 2002. "Small sample behaviour of quantile estimators," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(14), pages 911-913.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:9:y:2002:i:14:p:911-913
    DOI: 10.1080/13504850210137794
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