A semiparametric random effects approach to unobserved heterogeneity in count data models of organizational founding |
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Authors: | Alessandro Lomi |
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Institution: | 1. London Business School-University of London, Sussex Place, NW 1 4SA, Regent's Park, London, UK
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Abstract: | The paper discusses a semiparametric random-effects approach to the problem of unobserved population heterogeneity in organizational research based on models for pooled cross-sectional time series count data. The analytical value of this approach rests in its ability to produce estimates of the structural parameters that do not depend on any specific assumption about the distribution of the heterogeneity components in the population. The practical value of the method proposed is illustrated in an empirical application to processes of organizational founding, and to the relation between density dependence and unobserved heterogeneity in spatially distributed organizational populations. The empirical evidence produced suggests that future studies of organizational founding at the population level will have to account for variation in observed as well as unmeasured (or unobservable) variables. |
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