Monotonie regression based on Bayesian P-splines: An application to estimating price response functions from store-level scanner data

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 90-104

  Brezger, Andreas ^a   Steiner, Winfried J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetric quality tier competition; Generalized additive model; Markov chain Monte Carlo; Own and cross item price effects; Sales promotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349057309     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500107000000223     Document Type: Article

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