Discrete choice, part 3: Location and scale normalization in logit models

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I discuss identification in the conditional and multinomial logit models respectively. In particular, I prove why we cannot estimate an intercept in the conditional logit model and why we must normalize the betas for one of the alternatives in the multinomial logit model. Finally, I show why we must normalize the variance in the multinomial logit model (the proof is the same for conditional logit).

In more general terms, these types of identification normalizations are referred to as "scale" and "location" normalization in discrete choice models.

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00:00 Intro
00:23 Location normalization in conditional logit
3:32 Location normalization in multinomial logit
7:20 Scale normalization in multinomial logit
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Great explanation! Thank you very much!

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Nice video!! Best source for this proof, and I checked several books. Thank you!

lucasng
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Hello, professor! In the last part of the video, "MNL with dispersion", shouldn't the right side of the inequality be "beta_h * x_i", not "beta_h * x_h"? Thanks for the video, by the way. It's really helpful!

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