Browsing College of Human Sciences by Subject "Ordered probit"

DSpace/Manakin Repository

Now showing items 1-2 of 2

Artificial regression based LM tests of mis-specification for ordered probit models

Murphy, Anthony (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1994-10)

Lagrange Multiplier (LM) tests for omitted variables, heteroscedasticity, incorrect functional form, and non-normality in the ordered probit model may be readily calculated using an artificial regression. The proposed ...
Do tobacco taxes influence starting and quitting smoking? A discrete choice approach using evidence from a sample of Irish women

Madden, David (David Patrick) (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2002-02)

This paper uses a discrete choice approach to investigate factors influencing starting and quitting smoking, in particular the role of tobacco taxes. Standard probit analysis is applied to both starting and quitting. Tobacco ...