Baysian inference for ordered response data with a dynamic spatial-ordered probit model

Journal of Regional Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 877-913

  Wang, Xiaokun ^a   Kockelman, Kara M ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE; ECONOMETRICS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING BIAS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

EID: 71249132894     PISSN: 00224146     EISSN: 14679787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2009.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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