Goodness-of-fit techniques for count data models: An application to the demand for dental care in Spain

Empirical Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 543-567

  Álvarez, Begona ^a   Delgado, Miguel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dental care; Hurdle model; Negative binomial regression; Poisson regression; Specification tests

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; HEALTH CARE; INCOME;

SPAIN;

EID: 0036665639     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001810100095     Document Type: Article

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