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COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-THEORY AND METHODS
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 622-634Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/03610920903447857
Keywords
A posteriori distribution; Heterogeneity; Poisson model; Polynomial expansion; Semiparametric models; 62G08; 62P05; 62F03; 62J12
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- Universite du Quebec a Montreal
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Concil of Canada
- Spanish Ministry of Education and Science [SEJ2007-63298]
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In count data models, overdispersion of the dependent variable can be incorporated into the model if a heterogeneity term is added into the mean parameter of the Poisson distribution. We use a nonparametric estimation for the heterogeneity density based on a squared Kth-order polynomial expansion, that we generalize for panel data. A numerical illustration using an insurance dataset is discussed. Even if some statistical analyses showed no clear differences between these new models and the standard Poisson with gamma random effects, we show that the choice of the random effects distribution has a significant influence for interpreting our results.
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