A nonparametric test of weak separability and consumer preferences

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-281

  Fleissig, Adrian R ^a   Whitney, Gerald A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Revealed preference; Weak separability procedure

Indexed keywords

POTENTIAL FLOW; STATISTICAL TESTS; TESTING;

CONSUMER BEHAVIORS; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; DATA SETS; ECONOMIC STUDIES; HIGH PROBABILITIES; NONPARAMETRIC; NONPARAMETRIC TESTS; REVEALED PREFERENCE; SIMULATED DATA SETS; WEAK SEPARABILITY PROCEDURE;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING;

EID: 55949103477     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.09.024     Document Type: Article

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