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Estimation of Multinomial Logit Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity Using Maximum Simulated Likelihood

In this paper we suggest a Stata routine for multinomial logit models with unobserved heterogeneity using maximum simulated likelihood based on Halton sequences. The purpose of this paper is twofold: First, we provide a description of the technical implementation of the estimation routine and discuss its properties. Further, we compare our estimation routine to the Stata program gllamm which solves integration using Gauss Hermite quadrature or Bayesian adaptive quadrature. For the analysis we draw on multilevel data about schooling. Our empirical findings show that the estimation techniques lead to approximately the same estimation results. The advantage of simulation over Gauss Hermite quadrature is a marked reduction in computational time for integrals with higher dimensions. Bayesian quadrature, however, leads to very stable results with only a few quadrature points, thus the computational advantage of Halton based simulation vanishes in our example with one and two dimensional integrals.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: DIW Discussion Papers ; No. 573

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
multinomial logit model
panel data
unobserved heterogeneity
maximum simulated likelihood
Halton sequences

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Haan, Peter
Uhlendorff, Arne
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
(where)
Berlin
(when)
2006

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  • Haan, Peter
  • Uhlendorff, Arne
  • Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)

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  • 2006

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