This paper is concerned with statistical inference in multinomial probit, multinomial-$t$ and multinomial logit models. New Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms for fitting these models are introduced and compared with existing MCMC methods. The question of parameter identification in the...

This paper demonstrates how profit and expenditure functions may be used to pr ove fundamental results about the deadweight losses suffered by consu mers, producers, and resource owners. Losses arising from excise taxe s and subsidies are examined and, in the case of a tax, the individua l level...