Copula regression spline models for binary outcomes

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 981-995

  Radice, Rosalba ^a   Marra, Giampiero ^b   Wojtyś, Małgorzata ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bivariate binary outcomes; Copula; Endogeneity; Penalized regression spline; Simultaneous equation estimation; Unobserved confounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931319583     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: 15731375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11222-015-9581-6     Document Type: Article

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