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What Belongs Where? Variable Selection for Zero-Inflated Count Models with an Application to the Demand for Health Care

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  • Markus Jochmann

    (Department of Economics, University of Strathclyde)

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This paper develops stochastic search variable selection (SSVS) for zero-inflated count models which are commonly used in health economics. This allows for either model averaging or model selection in situations with many potential regressors. The proposed techniques are applied to a data set from Germany considering the demand for health care. A package for the free statistical software environment R is provided.

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  • Markus Jochmann, 2009. "What Belongs Where? Variable Selection for Zero-Inflated Count Models with an Application to the Demand for Health Care," Working Paper series 45_09, Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis.
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    Keywords

    Bayesian; model selection; model averaging; count data; zero-inflation; demand for health care;
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    JEL classification:

    • C11 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Bayesian Analysis: General
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets

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