Although in Sweden the simultaneous use of forests for timber production and game hunting are both of socioeconomic importance it often leads to conflicting interests. This study examines forest stakeholder participation in improving game habitat to increase hunting opportunities as well as redistribute game activities in forests to help reduce browsing damage in valuable forest stands. The dat...

a r t i c l e i n f o Modeling of transportation mode choices has in the past primarily dealt with everyday short-distance travel and long-distance business travel. The present paper adds to this research in examining the long-distance transportation mode choices of tourists. The empirical setting is the domestic tourism market in Norway, and the analyses refer to Norwegians' winter vacation tr...

The change of economic circumstances in recent years has increased the gaps of credibility among firms, and the necessity to measure the credibility adequately is an important ever-increasing factor. As the result, it is essential for banks to assess the rating evaluation of borrowers appropriately in order to measure the amount of credit risk. This paper reviews preceding studies regarding mod...

the study assessed the effects of agricultural practices on biodiversity in olamaboro local government are of kogi state, nigeria. one hundred and fifty (150) farmers (respondents) were sampled using simple random sampling technique from five council wards (30 farmers per council ward). data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and logit regression model. results showed that 63%...

Finite-sample properties of non-parametric regression for binary dependent variables are analyzed. Non parametric regression is generally considered as highly variable in small samples when the number of regressors is large. In binary choice models, however, it may be more reliable since its variance is bounded. The precision in estimating conditional means as well as marginal effects is invest...

This study uses 1995 1999 Contingent Workers Supplement and hospital ownership data from the American Hospital Association’s Annual Surveys to how the employer sponsored insurance market responds to changes in hospital ownership. A Nested Multinomial Logit model estimates a two dimensional choice set of availability of an employer based plan and participation in that plan. The model indicates t...

We consider a seller’s problem of determining revenue-maximizing prices for an assortment of products that exhibit network effects. Customers make purchase decisions according to a multinomial logit (MNL) choice model, modified — to incorporate network effects — so that the utility each individual customer gains from purchasing a particular product depends on the market’s total consumption of t...

The paper collects some old results and presents some news ones for unbiased estimation of analytic functions of probabilities where the probabilities must be simulated and applies these to Simulated Maximum Likelihood (SML) estimation. The results include unbiased estimation of finite degree polynomials and other analytic functions, unbiased simulation of the score and likelihood, and the asym...

This paper analyses the relationship between ageing and personal retirement savings plan participation in the Portuguese population, taking into account heterogeneity and endogeneity in preferences. A mixed logit model is used to analyse the determinants of retirement saving behaviour, allowing for heterogeneity and endogeneity in the responses. We find considerable heterogeneity among individu...

This paper investigates the potential of a cellular automata (CA) model based on logistic regression (logit) and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) to simulate the dynamics of urban growth. The model assesses urbanization likelihood based on (i) a set of urban development driving forces (calibrated based on logit) and (ii) the land-use of neighboring cells (calibrated based on MCMC). An innovative...