RT Journal Article
T1 Heterogeneity in general multinomial choice models
A1 Mauerer, Ingrid Doris
A1 Tutz, Gerhard
K1 Elecciones - Modelos matemáticos
AB Different voters behave differently at the polls, different students make different university choices, or different countries choose different health care systems. Many research questions important to social scientists concern choice behavior, which involves dealing with nominal dependent variables. Drawing on the principle of maximum random utility, we propose applying a flexible and general heterogeneous multinomial logit model to study differences in choice behavior. The model systematically accounts for heterogeneity that classical models do not capture, indicates the strength of heterogeneity, and permits examining which explanatory variables cause heterogeneity. As the proposed approach allows incorporating theoretical expectations about heterogeneity into the analysis of nominal dependent variables, it can be applied to a wide range of research problems. Our empirical example uses individual-level survey data to demonstrate the benefits of the model in studying heterogeneity in electoral decisions.
YR 2022
FD 2022-05-25
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24559
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/24559
LA eng
NO Mauerer, I., Tutz, G. Heterogeneity in general multinomial choice models. Stat Methods Appl (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10260-022-00642-5
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026