Heterogeneity in general multinomial choice models

DOI10.1007/S10260-022-00642-5zbMATH Open1519.91084arXiv2011.02688OpenAlexW3097140397MaRDI QIDQ6163489FDOQ6163489

Authors: Ingrid Mauerer, Gerhard Tutz 

Publication date: 26 June 2023

Published in: Statistical Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Different voters behave differently, different governments make different decisions, or different organizations are ruled differently. Many research questions important to political scientists concern choice behavior, which involves dealing with nominal-scale dependent variables. Drawing on the principle of maximum random utility, we propose a flexible and general heterogeneous multinomial logit model for studying differences in choice behavior. The model systematically accounts for heterogeneity that is not captured by classical models, 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 data on multiparty elections to demonstrate the benefits of the model in the study of heterogeneity in spatial voting.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.02688

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zbMATH Keywords

heterogeneitymultinomial logit modeldiscrete choice analysisrandom utility maximizationcategorical dependent variableelectoral decisions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Voting theory (91B12)

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