Abstract
We propose an alternative bivariate zero-inflated negative binomial (BZINB) regression model based on a copula. The empirical result shows that the proposed model performs better than the existing BZINB models in terms of the maximum log-likelihood and the AIC.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 183-185 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Economics Letters |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2011 |
Keywords
- Bivariate negative binomial
- Copula
- Heterogeneous dispersion
- Negative correlation
- Zero inflation