The Logit Model

Introduction; the role of the logit model; plan of the book; notation; the bivariate model; the logit model for a single attribute; justification of the model; two common densities; estimation from individual data - maximum likelihood; estimation from individual data - implementation; estimation from grouped data; private car ownership and household income; further analysis of private car ownership; the history of the logit model; the multinomial logit model; the multinomial logit model; properties of the model; discrete choice theory; the multinomial probit model; estimation of multinomial probability models; estimation of the standard model; multinomial analysis of private car ownership; further developments of the model; the conditional logit model; estimation; choice of mode of payment; general linear form of the argument; the nested logit model; prediction and fit; introduction; prediction of aggregate incidence; prediction of individual outcomes; measures of fit based on individual observations; measures of fit for grouped observations.