Specification and estimation of a spatially and temporally autocorrelated seemingly unrelated regression model: Application to crash rates in China

Transportation

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-300

  Wang, Xiaokun ^a   Kockelman, Kara M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash rates; Random effects; Seemingly unrelated regression; Spatial econometrics; Spatialand temporal autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC WORKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CRASH RATES; SEEMINGLY UNRELATED REGRESSION; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

ACCIDENT; AUTOCORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34248149950     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-007-9117-9     Document Type: Article

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