@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp5826, author={Vijverberg, Wim P.}, title={Testing for IIA with the Hausman-McFadden Test}, year={2011}, month={Jun}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={5826}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5826}, abstract={The Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives assumption inherent in multinomial logit models is most frequently tested with a Hausman-McFadden test. As is confirmed by many findings in the literature, this test sometimes produces negative outcomes, in contradiction of its asymptotic χ² distribution. This problem is caused by the use of an improper variance matrix and may lead to an invalid statistical inference even when the test value is positive. With a correct specification of the variance, the sampling distribution for small samples is indeed close to a χ² distribution.}, keywords={multinomial logit;IIA assumption;Hausman-McFadden test}, }