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Incorporating Monotonicity and Concavity Conditions in Flexible Functional Forms

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  1. Barnett, William A. & Serletis, Apostolos, 2008. "Consumer preferences and demand systems," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 147(2), pages 210-224, December.
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  46. Mike Tsionas & Marwan Izzeldin & Arne Henningsen & Evaggelos Paravalos, 2022. "Addressing endogeneity when estimating stochastic ray production frontiers: a Bayesian approach," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 62(3), pages 1345-1363, March.
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