Linear and nonlinear dirichlet share equations models

Gerd Ronning

No 80, Discussion Papers, Series II from University of Konstanz, Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 178 "Internationalization of the Economy"

Abstract: An adequate stochastic model for shares as dependent variables is provided by the Dirichlet distribution. The paper considers two different parametrizations which lead to linear and nonlinear Dirichlet share equations. Using an inequality for the trigamma function the global concavity of the likelihood function for the nonlinear case is shown. The same inequality is employed in proving positive definiteness of the information matrix for the linear case. Suitability of the Dirichlet specification in econometric demand systems (such as AIDS and Translog) is discussed.

Keywords: Dirichlet distribution; demand systems; trigamma function (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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