Identification issues in some double-index models for non-negative data

Georgios Papadopoulos and João Santos Silva

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 1, 365-367

Abstract: We highlight a subtle identification problem that afflicts models for non-negative data in which the conditional expectation is specified as the product of a logit and an exponential function. The results are illustrated with an empirical model for medical expenditures.

Keywords: Poisson-logit; Two-part models; Underreporting; Zero-inflated models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C13 C21 C51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.06.001

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