Given data on a scalar random variable 𝑌, a prediction set for 𝑌 with miscoverage level 𝛼 is a set of values for 𝑌 that contains a randomly drawn 𝑌 with probability 1 − 𝛼, where 𝛼 ∈ (0, 1). Among all prediction sets that satisfy this coverage property, the oracle...

This note looks at estimation of spatial autoregressive models for non-negative and count outcomes with multiplicative fixed effects. We show that in presence of significant proportion of zeros in the count variable, control function and Instrumental Variable estimation to model such spatial...

This note looks at estimation of count models with multiplicative fixed effects and spatial dependence in the form of spatial lag autocorrelation. We show that in presence of significant proportion of zeros in the count variable, control function estimation to model such spatial dependence is...

Predictive modeling has been widely used for insurance rate making. In this paper, we focus on insurance claim count data and address their common issues with more flexible modeling techniques. In particular, we study the zero-inflated and hurdle-generalized Poisson and negative binomial...

This note looks at the properties of instrumental-variable estimators of count data models in the presence of individual effects. We show that fixed-effect versions of the estimators of Mullahy (1997) and Windmeijer and Santos Silva (1997) are inconsistent under conventional asymptotics, in...