[Limdep Nlogit List] hyper parameters a b in random effects negbin

[Thornburg, Steven]

Dr Greene
Is it safe to say that the hyper parameters in the random effects negative binomial model [a, b ] can be interpreted as [mean dispersion across groups, variance of dispersion across groups] ?


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