Should reference alternatives in pivot design SC surveys be treated differently?

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-317

  Hess, Stephane ^a   Rose, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrete choice; Random utility; Reference alternatives; Stated choice

Indexed keywords

CHOICE MODEL; DISCRETE CHOICE; ERROR TERMS; PIVOT DESIGNS; RANDOM UTILITY; REFERENCE ALTERNATIVES; STATED CHOICE;

ECONOMICS;

DESIGN; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; SURVEY;

EID: 62349132978     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9244-6     Document Type: Article

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