Recent advances in computing power have brought the use of computer intensive estimation methods of binary panel data models within the reach of the applied researcher. The aim of this paper is to apply some of these techniques to a marketing data set and compare the results. In addition, their...

In this paper Kuznet's U-curve hypothesis is tested on two unbalanced panel data sets of 47 and 62 countries, for the period 1970-93, using two-way fixed and random effects models. Several competing model specifications are estimated and the one best fitting the data is selected by appropriate...