Measuring the implications of sales and consumer inventory behavior

Econometrica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1637-1673

  Hendel, Igal ^a,b   Nevo, Aviv ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand anticipation; Differentiated products; Discrete choice models; Long run price elasticities; Stockpiling; Storable goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750573082     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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