Estimating individual preferences with flexible discrete-choice-models

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-269

  Ortúzar, Juan de Dios ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Discrete choice models; Efficient designs; Mixed logit; Revealed and stated preference data

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549102084     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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