Explaining and forecasting online auction prices and their dynamics using functional data analysis

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-160

  Wang, Shanshan ^a   Jank, Wolfgang ^b   Shmueli, Galit ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoregressive model; Dynamics; Electronic commerce; Exponential smoothing; Functional data; Nonparametric; Online auctions; Smoothing spline

Indexed keywords

EID: 41649089971     PISSN: 07350015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/073500106000000477     Document Type: Article

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