Using Elicited Choice Probabilities to Estimate Random Utility Models: Preferences for Electricity Reliability

Asher A. Blass (), Saul Lach and Charles Manski ()

No 14451, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: When data on actual choices are not available, researchers studying preferences sometimes pose choice scenarios and ask respondents to state the actions they would choose if they were to face these scenarios. The data on stated choices are then used to estimate random utility models, as if they are data on actual choices. Stated choices may differ from actual ones because researchers typically provide respondents with less information than they would have facing actual choice problems. Elicitation of choice probabilities overcomes this problem by permitting respondents to express uncertainty about their behavior. This paper shows how to use elicited choice probabilities to estimate random utility models with random coefficients and applies the methodology to estimate preferences for electricity reliability in Israel.

JEL-codes: C25 C42 D12 L51 L94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2008-10
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