Global COVID-19 under-reporting: A Tobit model
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COVID-19; Stochastic frontier; Tobit model; Under-reporting;All these keywords.
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- C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
- C24 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Truncated and Censored Models; Switching Regression Models; Threshold Regression Models
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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