The Cox Model Page 1 3 The Cox Model 3.1 Introduction and notation The Cox proportional
hazards model [36] has become by a wide margin the most used procedure for modeling the …

Przeworski et al.(2000) challenge the key hypothesis in modernization theory: political
regimes do not transition to democracy as per capita incomes rise, they argue. Rather …

We consider counting process methods for analysing time‐to‐event data with multiple or
recurrent outcomes, using the models developed by Anderson and Gill, Wei, Lin and …

As applications of duration analysis have burgeoned in political science, scholars have
become increasingly aware of the potential substantive importance of duration dependence …

We consider a special type of recurrent event data, termed “recurrent episode” data, arising
in episodic illness studies. When an event occurs, it lasts for a random length of time. A …

For the first thirteen years after entry, the hazard rate for firm exits is persistently higher for
urban than for rural firms. While differences in observed industry market, local market, and …

In many applications of survival data analysis, the individuals are treated in different medical
centres or belong to different clusters defined by geographical or administrative regions. The …

There has been debate on whether the hazard function should be used for causal inference
in time-to-event studies. The main criticism is that there is selection bias because the risk …

Epidemiologic studies of sexually transmitted disease (STD) transmission present a number
of unique challenges in design and analysis. These arise both from the social nature of STD …

As increasing numbers of political scientists have turned to event history models to analyze
duration data, there has been growing awareness of the issue of heterogeneity: instances in …