The generalized multinomial logit model: accounting for scale and coefficient heterogeneity

DG Fiebig, MP Keane, J Louviere… - Marketing science, 2010 - pubsonline.informs.org
The mixed or heterogeneous multinomial logit (MIXL) model has become popular in a
number of fields, especially marketing, health economics, and industrial organization. In …

Comparing alternative models of heterogeneity in consumer choice behavior

M Keane, N Wasi - Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
When modeling demand for differentiated products, it is vital to adequately capture
consumer taste heterogeneity, But there is no clearly preferred approach. Here, we compare …

The role of the scale parameter in the estimation and comparison of multinomial logit models

J Swait, J Louviere - Journal of marketing research, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
Multinomial logit (MNL) models are widely used in marketing research to analyze choice
data, but it is not generally recognized that the unit of the utility scale in a MNL model is …

Modeling multiple sources of heterogeneity in multinomial logit models: Methodological and managerial issues

F Gonul, K Srinivasan - Marketing Science (1986-1998), 1993 - search.proquest.com
We offer a framework to specify and estimate various sources of heterogeneity in
multinomial logit brand choice models. We let each brand-specific intercept and each …

Modeling multiple sources of heterogeneity in multinomial logit models: Methodological and managerial issues

F Gönül, K Srinivasan - Marketing Science, 1993 - pubsonline.informs.org
We offer a framework to specify and estimate various sources of heterogeneity in
multinomial logit brand choice models. We let each brand-specific intercept and each …

An empirical comparison of logit choice models with discrete versus continuous representations of heterogeneity

RL Andrews, A Ainslie… - Journal of Marketing …, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
Currently, there is an important debate about the relative merits of models with discrete and
continuous representations of consumer heterogeneity. In a recent JMR study,; hereafter …

Correlation and scale in mixed logit models

S Hess, K Train - Journal of choice modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper examines sources of correlation among utility coefficients in models allowing for
random heterogeneity, including correlation that is induced by random scale heterogeneity …

Parameter bias from unobserved effects in the multinomial logit model of consumer choice

C Abramson, RL Andrews, IS Currim… - Journal of Marketing …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past two decades, validation of choice models has focused on predictive validity
rather than parameter bias. In real-world validation of choice models, true parameter values …

The random coefficients logit model is identified

JT Fox, K il Kim, SP Ryan, P Bajari - Journal of Econometrics, 2012 - Elsevier
The random coefficients multinomial choice logit model, also known as the mixed logit, has
been widely used in empirical choice analysis for the last thirty years. We prove that the …

[PDF][PDF] Removing the scale factor confound in multinomial logit choice models to obtain better estimates of preference

J Magidson, JK Vermunt - Sawtooth software conference, 2007 - Citeseer
Multinomial logit choice models based on latent class (LC) or HB methods are utilized in
marketing research today along with simulators which predict choices and market shares …