Information-based estimators for the non-stationary transition probability matrix: An application to the Danish pork industry

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 275-290

  Karantininis, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross entropy estimator; Denmark; Markov chain; Pork industry

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENTROPY; FOOD PRODUCTS; INFORMATION THEORY; MARKOV PROCESSES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY;

GENERALIZED CROSS ENTROPY (GCE); MAXIMUM ENTROPY (ME); PORK INDUSTRY; TRANSITION PROBABILITY MATRICES (TPM);

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0346724436     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(01)00124-5     Document Type: Article

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