Estimation of Logit and Probit models using best, worst and best-worst choices

Autor: Delle Site, Paolo, Kilani, Karim, Gatta, Valerio, Marcucci, Edoardo, De Palma, André
Přispěvatelé: University Niccolò Cusano (UNICUSANO), Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action (LIRSA), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM), Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Molde University College, École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan), MONARDO, Julien, HESAM Université (HESAM)-HESAM Université (HESAM)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Popis: The paper considers models for best, worst and best-worst choice probabilities, that use a single common set of random utilities. Choice probabilities are derived for two distributions of the random terms: i.i.d. extreme value, i.e. Logit, and multivariate normal, i.e. Probit. In Logit, best, worst and best-worst choice probabilities have a closed form. In Probit, worst choice probabilities are simply obtained from best choice probabilities by changing the sign of the systematic utilities. Strict log-concavity of the likelihood, with respect to the coefficients of the systematic utilities, holds, under a mild necessary and sufficient condition of absence of perfect multicollinearity in the matrix of alternative and individual characteristics, for best, worst and best-worst choice probabilities in Logit, and for best and worst choice probabilities in Probit. The assumption of substitutability between best and worst choices is tested with data on mode choice, collected for the assessment of user responses to urban congestion charging policies. The numerical results suggest significantly different preferences between best and worst choices, even accounting for scale differences, in both Logit and Probit models. Worst choice data exhibit coefficient attenuation, less pronounced in Probit than in Logit, and higher mean values of travel time savings with larger confidence intervals.
Databáze: OpenAIRE