Econometrica Vol. 51 No. 3 1983
Distribution-Free Maximum Likelihood Estimator of the Binary Choice Model
Abstract
is a given function of the exogenous variables z and unknown parameters 9, representing the systematic component of the utility difference, and F is the distribution function of the random component of the utility difference. This paper describes a method of estimating the parameters 9 without assuming any functional form for the distribution function F, and proves that this estimator is consistent. F is also consistently estimated. The method uses maximum likelihood estimation in which the likelihood is maximized not only over the parameter 9 but also over a space which contains all distribution functions.
- DOI
- 10.2307/1912157
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 765
- Sources
- bibtex:phds-export.bib crossref openalex