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Modeling Duration Dependence

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  • Zorn, Christopher J. W.

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As applications of duration analysis have burgeoned in political science, scholars have become increasingly aware of the potential substantive importance of duration dependence: the extent to which the conditional hazards of the events of interest are rising or falling over time. Here I discuss the issue of duration dependence, focusing on the distinction between “spurious†dependence due to unobserved heterogeneity and “true†duration dependence due to state dependence in the process of interest. I present a simple extension of a commonly used parametric duration model—the Weibull model—which allows researchers to assess the influence of causal variables on the nature and extent of duration dependence in their data. I then illustrate the application of this “generalized Weibull†model using data on the duration of international alliances.

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  • Zorn, Christopher J. W., 2000. "Modeling Duration Dependence," Political Analysis, Cambridge University Press, vol. 8(4), pages 367-380, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:polals:v:8:y:2000:i:04:p:367-380_00
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