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PARAMETER APPROXIMATIONS FOR QUANTILE REGRESSIONS WITH MEASUREMENT ERROR Andrew Chesher

THE INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS, UCL

cemmap working paper CWP02/01

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