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Data sets which contain jointly endogenous discrete and continuous variables often occur in practice. This paper presents a model of the economic and stochastic processes generating such data as well as methods of estimation. A maximum likelihood estimator is examined and found to exhibit the usual optimality but it is computationally burdensome. A simpler estimator, the OREG, which is a simple weighted average of separate probit (or logit) and regression estimates is suggested as an attractive alternative. The QREG is also found to be optimal but only when a certain covariance restriction is found to hole. Thus a test of the restriction based on the joint distribution of separate probit and regression estimates is proposed.
MLA
Duncan, Gregory M.. “Formulation and Statistical Analysis of the Mixed, Continuous/Discrete Dependent Variable Model in Classical Production Theory.” Econometrica, vol. 48, .no 4, Econometric Society, 1980, pp. 839-852, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912935
Chicago
Duncan, Gregory M.. “Formulation and Statistical Analysis of the Mixed, Continuous/Discrete Dependent Variable Model in Classical Production Theory.” Econometrica, 48, .no 4, (Econometric Society: 1980), 839-852. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912935
APA
Duncan, G. M. (1980). Formulation and Statistical Analysis of the Mixed, Continuous/Discrete Dependent Variable Model in Classical Production Theory. Econometrica, 48(4), 839-852. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1912935
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