Semiparametric estimation of count regression models

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-150

  Gurmu, Shiferaw ^a   Rilstone, Paul ^b   Stern, Steven ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Censoring; Overdispersion; Poisson regressions; Series approximation; Unobserved heterogeneity; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001466193     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(98)00026-8     Document Type: Article

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