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Parametric seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) models are a common tool for multivariate regression analysis when error variables are reasonably correlated.
A weakness of parametric models is that they require strong assumptions on the functional form of possibly nonlinear effects of metrical covariates. In this paper, we develop a semiparametric SUR model based on Bayesian P-splines. Inference is fully Bayesian and uses recent Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques.
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Lang, S., Adebayo, S.B., Fahrmeir, L. (2002). Bayesian Semiparametric Seemingly Unrelated Regression. In: Härdle, W., Rönz, B. (eds) Compstat. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57489-4_25
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