An empirical assessment of endogeneity issues in demand analysis for differentiated products

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 605-617

  Dhar, Tirtha ^a   Chavas, Jean Paul ^a   Gould, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Almost ideal demand system; Carbonated soft drinks; Endogeneity; Separability

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; FOOD INDUSTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042731518     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8276.00459     Document Type: Article

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