Functional form and heterogeneity in models for count data

Foundations and Trends in Econometrics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-218

  Greene, William ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate poisson; Hegative binomial; Heterogeneity; Hurdle model; Lognormal; Panel data; Poisson regression; Two part model; Zero inflation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149251494     PISSN: 15513076     EISSN: 15513084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0800000008     Document Type: Article

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