Herger, Nils (2020). On the ecological fallacy in discrete-choice models. Journal of Choice Modelling, 34, p. 100201. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jocm.2019.100201
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In linear regressions, the ecological fallacy—the erroneous belief that aggregate-level coefficients coincide with individual-level coefficients—arises when individual outcomes depend on the group environment. This paper suggest that such “group effects” determine also the circumstances under which the ecological fallacy vanishes from basic discrete-choice models. In particular, when controlling for group effects, it is shown that the same coefficients arise from a conditional logit model, which is a popular framework to analyse individual choices, and a Poisson regression, which provides a framework to analyse the aggregate number (or count) of such choices across groups.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Department of Economics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Herger, Nils |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 330 Economics |
ISSN: |
1755-5345 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Dino Collalti |
Date Deposited: |
11 Jan 2021 13:55 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:43 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.jocm.2019.100201 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/150683 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/150683 |
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