Maximum likelihood estimation of search costs

European Economic Review

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 820-848

  Moraga González, José Luis ^a   Wildenbeest, Matthijs R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer search; Maximum likelihood; Oligopoly; Price dispersion; Structural estimation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; OLIGOPOLY; PRICE DETERMINATION; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 44349124459     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2007.06.025     Document Type: Article

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