• 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