Appendix F
Multinomial Logit Model
(Sources: Greene [1] and Borooah [2])
The unordered-choice model can be motivated by a random utility model. For the th customer faced with choices, suppose that the utility of choice is
(F.1)
If the consumer makes choice , then we assume that is the maximum among the utilities. Hence, the statistical model is driven by the probability that choice is made, which is
(F.2)
McFadden [3] has shown that if and only if the disturbances are independent and identically ...