Title of article
A bivariate zero-inflated negative binomial regression model for count data with excess zeros
Author/Authors
Peiming Wang، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
6
From page
373
To page
378
Abstract
This paper proposes a bivariate zero-inflated negative binomial regression model for count data with excess zeros, and provides an estimation method based on the EM and quasi-Newton algorithms. An application to the analysis of health-care utilization is given.
Keywords
Bivariate negative binomial distribution , Count data with excess zeros , Correlation , Overdispersion , EM algorithm
Journal title
Economics Letters
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
Economics Letters
Record number
435130
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