Modelling firm‐size distribution using Box–Cox heteroscedastic regression
利用 Box–Cox 异方差回归建模企业规模分布
Abstract Using the Box–Cox regression model with heteroscedasticity (BCHR), we re‐examine the size distribution of the Portuguese manufacturing firms studied by Machado and Mata ( 2000 ) using the Box–Cox quantile regression (BCQR) method. We show that the BCHR model compares favourably against the BCQR method. In particular, the BCHR model can answer the key questions addressed by the BCQR method, with the advantage that the estimated quantile functions are monotonic.…