A Characterization of the Luce Choice Rule for an Arbitrary Collection of Menus

Alos Ferrer, Carlos and Mihm, M. (2024) A Characterization of the Luce Choice Rule for an Arbitrary Collection of Menus. Journal of Economic Theory. ISSN 0022-0531 (In Press)

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Abstract

The Luce Choice Rule (or, equivalently, the multinomial logit model) is extensively used in economics and other fields. Classical characterizations rest on Luce’s Choice Axiom, when all choice sets are available, and Luce’s Product Rule in the case of binary choice. Yet, actual datasets typically consist neither of all choice sets nor all binary choice sets. We provide a characterization for the general case, allowing also for zero choice prob- abilities. Building upon this characterization, we derive implications for experimental design in terms of three criteria: falsification, identification, and prediction.