Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation - Brossura

Train, Kenneth E.

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ISBN 10: 0521747384 ISBN 13: 9780521747387

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Researchers use these statistical methods to examine the choices that consumers, households, firms, and other agents make. Each of the major models is covered: logit, generalized extreme value, or GEV (including nested and cross-nested logits), probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics. Recent advances in Bayesian procedures are explored, including the use of the Metropolis-Hastings algorithm and its variant Gibbs sampling. This second edition adds chapters on endogeneity and expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. No other book incorporates all these fields, which have arisen in the past 25 years. The procedures are applicable in many fields, including energy, transportation, environmental studies, health, labor, and marketing.

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This book describes the new generation of discrete choice methods, focusing on the many advances that are made possible by simulation. Each of the major models is covered including logit, generalized extreme value, or GEV, probit, and mixed logit, plus a variety of specifications that build on these basics.

Contenuti

1. Introduction; Part I. Behavioral Models: 2. Properties; 3. Logit; 4. GEV; 5. Probit; 6. Mixed logit; 7. Variations on a theme; Part II. Estimation: 8. Numerical maximization; 9. Drawing from densities; 10. Simulation-assisted estimation; 11. Individual-level parameters; 12. Bayesian procedures; 13. Endogeneity; 14. EM algorithms.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0521747384
• ISBN 13: 9780521747387
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 398