Heterogeneity in general multinomial choice models

DOI10.1007/S10260-022-00642-5MaRDI QIDQ6163489zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ingrid Mauerer, Gerhard Tutz

Publication date 26 June 2023

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

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

zbMATH Keywords

heterogeneitymultinomial logit modeldiscrete choice analysisrandom utility maximizationcategorical dependent variableelectoral decisions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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.

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