On the meaningfulness of testing preference axioms in stated preference discrete choice experiments
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Stated preference discrete choice experiments; Completeness; Transitivity; Random utility; Statistical tests; B41; C52; D01;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
- C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
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