A Bayesian analysis of tree structure specification in nested logit models

Economics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-73

  Verlinda, Jeremy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Laplace approximation; MCMC; Model selection; Reversible jump

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944368176     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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