Agee, Mark; Crocker, Thomas; Shogren, Jason - In: Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 4 (2004) 1, pp. 1161-1161
This paper uses a maximum likelihood procedure that accounts for unobserved heterogeneity in the sample to implement a preference-based model to assess factors that influence parents' likelihood of losing their composure and physically abusing their children. A basic supposition of the model is...