Regression Analysis of Multivariate Fractional Data

Econometric Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 515-552

  Murteira, José M R ^a   Ramalho, Joaquim J S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dirichlet regression; Multivariate fractional data; Quasi maximum likelihood estimator; Regression based specification tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959503347     PISSN: 07474938     EISSN: 15324168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07474938.2013.806849     Document Type: Article

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