A finite mixture model for multivariate counts under endogenous selectivity

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-202

  Alfò, Marco ^a   Maruotti, Antonello ^b   Trovato, Giovanni ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finite mixtures; Multivariate counts; Nonparametric ML; Random effects; Selection models

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951558496     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-009-9159-2     Document Type: Article

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