Interpreting the Outcomes of two-part models

Manuel Frondel and Colin Vance

EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2012, vol. 19, issue 10, 987-992

Abstract: Interaction effects capture the impact of one explanatory variable x 1 on the marginal effect of another explanatory variable x 2. To explore interaction effects, the so-called interaction terms x 1 x 2 are typically included in estimation specifications. While in linear models the effect of a marginal change in the interaction term is equal to the interaction effect, this equality generally does not hold in nonlinear specifications (Ai and Norton, 2003). This article provides for a general derivation of marginal and interaction effects in both linear and nonlinear models and calculates the formulae of the marginal and interaction effects resulting from the Two-Part Model (2PM), a commonly employed censored regression model. Drawing on a survey of automobile use from Germany, we illustrate several subtleties inherent to the substantive interpretation of interaction effects gleaned from nonlinear models, such as the 2PM.

Keywords: censored regression model; interaction terms; marginal and interaction effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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