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 imgth customer faced with img choices, suppose that the utility of choice img is

(F.1) equation

If the consumer makes choice img, then we assume that img is the maximum among the img utilities. Hence, the statistical model is driven by the probability that choice img is made, which is

(F.2) equation

McFadden [3] has shown that if and only if the img disturbances are independent and identically ...

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