Using a Laplace approximation to estimate the random coefficients logit model by nonlinear least squares

International Economic Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1311-1328

  Harding, Matthew C ^a   Hausman, Jerry ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 37149020118     PISSN: 00206598     EISSN: 14682354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2354.2007.00463.x     Document Type: Article

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