Excess zeros in count models for recreational trips

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 469-477

  Gurmu, Shiferaw ^a   Trivedi, Pravin K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurdles models; Overdispersion; Poisson regression; Semiparametric methods; Specification tests; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030501224     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: 15372707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07350015.1996.10524676     Document Type: Article

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