st: Hausman IIA test after asclogit in Stata11

[Simon Falck <simon.falck@abe.kth.se>]

Hi Statalist,

I have a question that is not new to Statalist regarding the Hausman IIA test after obtaining results from an alternative specific choice model with 72 choices, implemented with -asclogit-. 

The dependent variable take the value 1 when an alternative is chosen, otherwise 0. I have 10 independent variables. The asclogit model runs well and is specified as:

asclogit Y $xlist, case(id) casevars() alternatives(alt) basealternative() noconstant
est sto full
asclogit Y $xlist if alt!=72, case(id) casevars() alternatives(alt) basealternative() noconstant
est sto partial

Thus, the full model includes all 72 alternatives (full), and the reduced model (partial) excludes one of these alternatives. I get the following results from the hausman test regarding IIA test.

hausman partial full

Test:  Ho:  difference in coefficients not systematic
chi2(13) = (b-B)'[(V_b-V_B)^(-1)](b-B)
                 = 1.59
Prob>chi2 = 0.9999
(V_b-V_B is not positive definite)

It seems there is a problem as the test reports "V_b-V_B is not positive definite". I have looked through previous conversations regarding similar cases but could not find any satisfying answer.

Any suggestions what may be wrong in my specific case?

Thanks in advance
Simon


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