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| Although the concept choice models is widely understood and practiced these days, it is often difficult to acquire hands-on knowledge in '''simulating choice models'''. While many stat packages provide useful tools to simulate, researchers attempting to test and simulate new choice models with data often encounter problems from as simple as scaling parameter to misspecification. This article goes beyond simply defining discrete choice models. Rather, it aims at providing a comprehensive overview of how to simulate such models in computer.
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| == Defining choice set ==
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| When a researcher has some consumer choice data in his/her hand and tries to construct a choice model and simulate it against the data, he/she needs to first define a choice set. A [[Choice Set]] in discrete choice models is defined to be finite, exhaustive, and mutually exclusive.
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| For instance, consider households' choice of how many laptops to own. The researcher can define the choice set depending on the nature of the data and the interpretation they wish to draw, as long as it satisfies three properties mentioned above. Some examples of choice sets that meet the categories are the following:
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| # 0 , 1, More than 1 laptop
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| # 0 , 1 , 2 , More than 2 laptops
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| # Less than 2 , 2 , 3 , 4 , More than 4 laptops
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| == Defining consumer utility ==
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| Suppose a student is trying to decide which pub he/she should go for a beer after his/her last final exam. Suppose there are two pubs in the town of the college: an Irish pub and an American pub. The researcher wishes to predict which pub he/she will choose based on the price (P) of beer and the distance (D) to each pub, assuming they are known to the researcher. Then, the consumer utilities for choosing the Irish pub and the American pub can be defined:
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| : <math> U_i =\alpha P_i + \beta D_i + \varepsilon_i\, </math> (1)
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| : <math> U_a =\alpha P_a + \beta D_a + \varepsilon_a\, </math> (2)
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| where <math> \varepsilon </math> captures unobserved variables that affect consumer utilities.
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| == Defining choice probabilities ==
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| Once the consumer utilities have been specified, the researcher can derive choice probabilities. Namely, the probability of the student choosing the Irish pub over the American pub is
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| : <math>
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| \begin{align}
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| P_i & = \Pr(U_i > U_a)
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| = \Pr( \alpha P_i + \beta D_i + \varepsilon_i > \alpha P_a + \beta D_a + \varepsilon_a ) \\
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| & = \Pr( \varepsilon_i - \varepsilon_a > \alpha P_a + \beta D_a - \alpha P_i - \beta D_i )
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| \end{align}
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| </math>
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| Denoting the observed portion of the utility function as V,
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| : <math> P_i = \Pr( \varepsilon_i - \varepsilon_a > V_a - V_i ) </math> (3)
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| In the end, discrete choice modeling comes down to specifying the distribution of <math> \varepsilon </math> (or <math> \varepsilon_i - \varepsilon_a </math>) and solving the integral over the range of <math> \varepsilon </math> to calculate <math> P_i </math>. Extending this to more general situations with
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| # ''N'' consumers (''n'' = 1, 2, …, ''N''),
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| # ''J'' choices of consumption (''j'' = 1, 2, … , ''J''),
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| The choice probability of consumer ''n'' choosing ''j'' can be written as
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| : <math> P_{nj} = \Pr( U_{nj} > U_{ni} ) </math> (4)
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| for all ''i'' other than ''j'' | |
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| == Identification ==
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| '''1. What's irrelevant'''
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| From equation (4), it's obvious that <math> P_{nj}</math> does not change as long as the inequality in the probability argument on the right side stays the same. In other words, adding or multiplying by a constant to all <math> U_{n1}...U_{nJ} </math> does not change the choice probably, thus no change in interpretation.
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| '''2. Alternative-specific constants'''
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| Unlike adding a constant to all the utilities, adding alternative-specific constants does alter the choice probabilities. Suppose alternative-specific constants ''C''<sub>''i''</sub> and ''C''<sub>''a''</sub>
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| are added to (1) and (2):
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| : <math> U_i = C_i + \alpha P_i + \beta D_i + \varepsilon_i\, </math>
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| : <math> U_a = C_a + \alpha P_a + \beta D_a + \varepsilon_a\, </math>
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| Then, depending on the value of the estimated alternative-specific constants, the choice probability may change. Also if we write the choice probability in the format of (3),
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| : <math> P_i = \Pr( \varepsilon_i - \varepsilon_a > (C_a - C_i) + \alpha P_a - \alpha P_i + \beta D_a - \beta D_i ) </math> | |
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| only the difference between <math> C_a and C_i </math> affects the choice probability (i.e. our estimation can only identify the difference). So it's convenient to normalize all the alternative-specific constants to one of the alternatives. If we normalize to <math> C_i </math>, then we estimate the following model:
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| : <math> U_i = \alpha P_i + \beta D_i + \varepsilon_i\, </math>
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| : <math> U_a = (C_a - C_i ) + \alpha P_a + \beta D_a + \varepsilon_a\, </math>
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| When there are more than 2 choices in the choice set, we can pick any choice i and normalize the alternative-specific constants to that choice by subtracting <math> C_i </math> from all other alternative-specific constants.
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| '''3. Sociodemographic variables'''
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| In deciding between the Irish pub and the American pub, if the researcher has access to additional sociodemographic variables such as income, they can enter the consumer utility equation in various ways. Denote the student's income as ''Y''. If the researcher believes that the income affects the utility linearly, then
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| : <math> U_i = \alpha P_i + \beta D_i + \gamma Y +\varepsilon_i\, </math>
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| If the researcher believes that the sociodemographic variable interacts with other variable such as price, then the utility can be written as
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| : <math> U_i = \alpha P_i/Y + \beta D_i +\varepsilon_i\, </math>
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| == General models ==
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| As mentioned earlier, calculation and justification of choice probabilities rely on the properties of the error (i.e. the unobservables) distribution function the researcher specifies. Here is the quick overview of frequently used models that each differs in specification
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| 1. [[Logit]]:
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| *Assumes unobserved factors have the same variance with zero correlation across alternatives.
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| *iid extreme value unobserved factors
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| *The cumulative distribution of difference in extreme values is Logistics function
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| *Logistics function has a closed form solution => No simulation necessary.
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| 2. GEV ([[Generalized extreme value distribution]])
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| *Allows correlation in unobserved factors across alternatives.
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| *iid extreme value unobserved factors
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| *The cumulative distribution of difference in extreme values is Logistics function
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| *Logistics function has a closed form solution => No simulation necessary.
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| 3. [[Probit]]
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| *Unobserved factors have a jointly normal distribution.
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| *No closed form for the cumulative distribution of normal distribution. Simulation necessary.
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| 4. [[Mixed logit]]
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| *Allows any distribution in unobserved factors
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| *No closed form for the cumulative distribution of normal distribution. Simulation necessary.
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| == References ==
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| *A Nevo (2000). "Practitioners Guide to Estimation of Random Coefficients Logit Models of Demand," Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 9(4), 513–548
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| *Kenneth E. Train, " Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation", Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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| [[Category:Environmental economics]]
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