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Estimating a smooth common transfer function with a panel of time series - Inflow of larvae cod as an example
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Estimating a smooth common transfer function with a panel of time series - Inflow of larvae cod as an example

Elizabeth Hansen, Kung Sik Chan and Nils Chr Stenseth
Pakistan journal of statistics and operation research, Vol.8(3), pp.701-717
2012
DOI: 10.18187/pjsor.v8i3.537
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