Incorporating Latent Variables into Discrete Choice Models — A Simultaneous Estimation Approach Using SEM Software

Business Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-237

  Temme, Dirk ^a   Paulssen, Marcel ^b   Dannewald, Till ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Infas TTR Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hybrid choice models; Mode choice; Mplus; Value attitude hierarchy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960089071     PISSN: 21983402     EISSN: 21982627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03343535     Document Type: Article

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