OPENING THE BLACK BOX: STRUCTURAL FACTOR MODELS WITH LARGE CROSS SECTIONS
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عنوان ژورنال: Econometric Theory
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0266-4666,1469-4360
DOI: 10.1017/s026646660809052x