Deb, Partha; Trivedi, Pravin K.; Zimmer, David M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This paper presents a new multivariate copula-based modeling approach for analyzing cost-offsets between drug and nondrug expenditures. Estimates are based on panel data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) with quarterly measures of medical expenditures. The approach allows for...