Comparing and choosing between two models with a third model in the background

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-151

  Poirier, Dale J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Independence of irrelevant alternatives; Logit; Nested logit; Posterior odds; Random utility maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844341150     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4076(96)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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