I guess this is because no within group variations,so Stata will automatically
drop individual characteristics,as it does in conditional logit model.
Kevin
���� Rachel <[email protected]>:
> Can someone explain to me why individual-level parameters (that do not
> vary with alternatives) cannot be put in the lower level of the nested
> logit?
> 
> Also, how do you get Stata to handle degenerate branches (i.e.
> branches which do not have multiple alternatives attached to them)
> appropriately?
> 
> Thanks,
> Rachel
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