Alcohol consumption by men in China: A non-Gaussian censored system approach

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-173

  Yen, Steven T ^a   Yuan, Yan ^b   Liu, Xiaowen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Censoring; Copula; Generalized log Burr distribution; Quasi maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349257155     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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