The development and estimation of a latent choice multinomial logit model with application to contingent valuation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 983-992

  Caudill, Steven B ^a   Groothuis, Peter A ^b   Whitehead, John C ^b  

^a RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

contingent valuation; hypothetical bias; individual heterogeneity; multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONTINGENT VALUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; HETEROGENEITY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052562833     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aar030     Document Type: Article

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