Woul you mind sending me a coppy of the book you suggested. I can not
find it in Turkey I guess.
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>fatma bircan wrote:
>> For example in a Tobit model if we make a log transformation of the
>> expenditures (dep. var.) some values of the dep. var. will have
>> missing values since they were originally equal to zero. But
assuming
>> that the zero exp. =1 and then taling the log of expenditures, we
can
>> estimate the tobit model. Is this OK for having extra grouns?
>
>i suggest you read chapter 16 of:
>
>http://mitpress.mit.edu/wooldridge-EconAnalysis
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>it explains very clearly the issues, and how you should properly
>calculate partial effects in corner solution models like yours
>
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