A simulation-based method for testing an abnormally high incidence of specific choice patterns in discrete choice data

Petr Mariel and Alaitz Artabe

Resource and Energy Economics, 2025, vol. 82, issue C

Abstract: This paper introduces a simulation-based method designed to detect unusually high frequencies of specific choice patterns in discrete choice data. Its empirical size and power are then evaluated through a series of simulation exercises. The results show that the empirical size is consistently lower than the assumed theoretical significance level, and that the test power approaches 100 % when the observed choice pattern appears approximately 2.5 times more frequently than expected. The proposed test is applied to a real data set obtained by means of a discrete choice experiment focused on air pollution in South Delhi, India.

Keywords: Choice experiment; Choice patterns; Simulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2025.101496

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