Equilibrium demand elasticities across quality segments

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-30

  Coibion, Olivier ^a   Einav, Liran ^b   Hallak, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand elasticity; Horizontal differentiation; Quality; Vertical differentiation

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEMAND ELASTICITIES; HORIZONTAL DIFFERENTIATION; VERTICAL DIFFERENTIATION;

MARKETING;

EID: 33846786796     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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