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In this paper we introduce a new flexible mixed model for multinomial discrete choice where the key individual- and alternative-specific parameters of interest are allowed to follow an assumptionfree nonparametric density specification while other alternative-specific coefficients are assumed to...
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Dynamic discrete choice models usually require a general specification of unobserved heterogeneity. In this paper, we apply Bayesian procedures as a numerical tool for the estimation of a female labor supply model based on a sample size which is typical for common household panels. We provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014040716
This paper develops new econometric methods to estimate hospital quality and other models with discrete dependent variables and non-random selection. Mortality rates in patient discharge records are widely used to infer hospital quality. However, hospital admission is not random and some...
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We develop a Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm for estimating nested logit models in a Bayesian framework. Appropriate "heating target" and reparametrization techniques are adopted for fast mixing. For illustrative purposes, we have implemented the algorithm on two real-life examples involving...
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We develop a Markov Chain Monte Carlo algorithm for estimating nested logit models in a Bayesian framework. Appropriate "heating target" and reparametrization techniques are adopted for fast mixing. For illustrative purposes, we have implemented the algorithm on two real-life examples involving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014112400
Early work on consumer health insurance preference modeling suggests that workers sorting among employment alternatives reflect their tastes for employment-sponsored health insurance. Focusing on examining the role of health insurance preferences on enrollment decisions into employment sponsored...
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This paper introduces model uncertainty into the empirical study of the determinants of terrorism at country level. This is done by adopting a Bayesian model averaging approach and accounting for the over-dispersed count data nature of terrorist attacks. Both a broad measure of terrorism and...
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Multivariate economic and business data frequently suffer from a missing data phenomenon that has not been sufficiently explored in the literature:b oth the independent and dependent variables for one or more dimensions are missing or absent for some of the observational units. For example, in...
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This paper examines which macroeconomic and financial variables are most informative for the federal funds target rate decisions made by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) from a forecasting perspective. The analysis is conducted for the FOMC decision during the period January 1990 - June...
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Dynamic discrete choice models usually require a general specification of unobserved heterogeneity. In this paper, we apply Bayesian procedures as a numerical tool for the estimation of a female labor supply model based on a sample size which is typical for common household panels. We provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106296