Correcting for endogeneity due to omitted attributes in discrete-choice models: the multiple indicator solution

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 458-478

  Guevara, C Angelo ^a   Polanco, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Chile)

Author keywords

control function; indicators; Instrumental variables; Monte Carlo; stated preferences

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAMPLING;

CONTROL FUNCTIONS; DISCRETE CHOICE MODELS; FINITE SAMPLE PROPERTIES; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES; MONTE CARLO EXPERIMENTS; MULTIPLE INDICATORS; PRACTICAL TRANSPORTATION; STATED PREFERENCES;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84961912453     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2016.1147504     Document Type: Article

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