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Re: st: RE: continuous dependent variable with lots of zeros


From   "Eva Rueckert" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: continuous dependent variable with lots of zeros
Date   Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:33:47 -0000

My guess would be a Type III Tobit model. Trimming could be used 
to restore the zero mean condition of residuals. 

Better check it out yourself:
Honore et al."Estimation of Type 3 Tobit Models Using Symmetric 
Trimming and Pairwise Comparisons" J. Econometrics 76.

Eva
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