Dealing with bottled water expenditures data with zero observations: A semiparametric specification

Seung Hoon Yoo, Chang Young Yang

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Abstract

This paper analyzes bottled water expenditures data with zero observations by employing parametric and semiparametric models. The overall results of specification tests indicate that the semiparametric model outperforms the parametric model significantly.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-157
Number of pages7
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume66
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2000

Keywords

  • Bottled water expenditures
  • C34
  • Semiparametrics
  • Two-equation model

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