Modeling dynamic preferences: a Bayesian robust dynamic latent ordered probit model

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Journal Article

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Publication date

June 1, 2013

Summary:

Much politico-economic research on individuals’ preferences is cross-sectional and does not model dynamic aspects of preference or attitude formation. I present a Bayesian dynamic panel model, which facilitates the analysis of repeated preferences using individual-level panel data. My model deals with three problems. First, explicitly include feedback from previous preferences taking into account that available survey measures of preferences are categorical. Second, I model individuals’ initial conditions when entering the panel as resulting from observed and unobserved individual attributes. Third, I capture unobserved individual preference heterogeneity both via standard parametric random effects and a robust alternative based on Bayesian nonparametric density estimation. I use this model to analyze the impact of income and wealth on preferences for government intervention using the British Household Panel Study from 1991 to 2007.

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Political Analysis

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Volume: 21 , p.314 -333

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pan/mpt001

ISSN

10471987

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