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by MARIA
05 Dec 2024, 14:31
Forum: Estimation results
Topic: Positive Price Coefficient
Replies: 4
Views: 50683

Re: Positive Price Coefficient

Perfect. Thanks for the clarification.
by MARIA
04 Dec 2024, 15:37
Forum: Estimation results
Topic: Positive Price Coefficient
Replies: 4
Views: 50683

Re: Positive Price Coefficient

Thanks for your response! Hoping you can clarify one point for me.

In my notes, I have written that when discussing the uncorrelated MMNL model in Apollo instructors said that "we don't necessarily expect the mean parameters to be negative because we are going to use a negative exponential around ...
by MARIA
30 Oct 2024, 20:57
Forum: Estimation results
Topic: Positive Price Coefficient
Replies: 4
Views: 50683

Positive Price Coefficient

In this year's Choice Academy, instructors discussed that when price is distributed negative lognormal we may not expect the price coefficient to be negative in our mixed logit models (rather the sign and size are related to the level of price sensitivity). For example, when I run my mixed logit ...