Differentiated Products Demand Systems from a Combination of Micro and Macro Data
Author | : Steven T. Berry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 54 |
Release | : 1998 |
ISBN-10 | : OSU:32435057650566 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Differentiated Products Demand Systems from a Combination of Micro and Macro Data written by Steven T. Berry and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper, we exploit new sources of cross-sectional data to estimate a detailed product-level demand system for new passenger vehicles. We use four data sources: on the characteristics of products, on the attributes of the U.S. population of households, on the match between the first and second vehicle choices of the household, and on the match between households attributes and first choice vehicles. We show that these data solve some, but not all, of the traditional problems in estimating differentiated products demand systems and indicate which data sources are important for which problem. The data is rich enough to reveal a rather complex substitution pattern, requiring a quite general modeling framework. Together the data and model make a detailed analysis of industry demand possible.