Semi-parametric copula sample selection models for count responses

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 104, Issue , 2016, Pages 110-129

  Marra, Giampiero ^a   Wyszynski, Karol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Copula; Count response; Non random sample selection; Penalized regression spline

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA HANDLING;

COPULA; COUNT RESPONSE; DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION; ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; NON-RANDOM SAMPLES; PENALIZED LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; REGRESSION SPLINES; SAMPLE SELECTION MODELS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84978496120     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2016.06.003     Document Type: Article

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