Efficient Gibbs sampler for Bayesian analysis of a sample selection model

Yasuhiro Omori ()

Statistics & Probability Letters, 2007, vol. 77, issue 12, 1300-1311

Abstract: We consider Bayesian estimation of a sample selection model and propose a highly efficient Gibbs sampler using the additional scale transformation step to speed up the convergence to the posterior distribution. Numerical examples are given to show the efficiency of our proposed sampler.

Keywords: Bayesian; analysis; Gibbs; sampler; Sample; selection; model; Tobit; model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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