A model of health plan choice: Inferring preferences and perceptions from a combination of revealed preference and attitudinal data

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 131-157

  Harris, Katherine M ^a   Keane, Michael P ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudinal data; Discrete choice; Multinomial logit; Simulation estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001759517     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4076(98)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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