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Testing The Consistency of Nested Logit Models with Utility Maximization
Economic Staff Paper Series
  • Joseph A. Herriges, Iowa State University
  • Catherine L. Kling, Iowa State University
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
9-8-1994
Number
259
Abstract
The Nested Multinomial Logit (NMNL) model is used extensively in modeling consumer choices among discrete alternatives when the number of alternatives is large. Unfortunately, applied researchers often find that estimated NMNL models fail to meet the Daly-ZacharyMcFadden (DZM) sufficient conditions for consistency with stochastic utility maximization. Borsch-Supan (1990) provides a relaxed set of conditions to test for consistency. While these conditions are increasingly cited, they are seldom tested. This paper corrects and extends BorschSupan's Theorem 2, providing simple necessary conditions on first, second, and third derivatives of choice probabilities and a graph oft he bounds they place on dissimilarity parameters.
Published As

This report is published in Economic Letters, Vol 50, No. 1, January 1996, pp. 33-39

Citation Information
Joseph A. Herriges and Catherine L. Kling. "Testing The Consistency of Nested Logit Models with Utility Maximization" (1994)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/catherine_kling/86/