Estimating demand with distance functions: Parameterization in the primal and dual

Journal of Econometrics

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-274

  Färe, Rolf ^a   Grosskopf, Shawna ^a   Hayes, Kathy J ^b   Margaritis, Dimitris ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Approximation; Demand; Distance functions; Monte Carlo; Quadratic; Translog

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; NUMBER THEORY; PARAMETERIZATION; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

APPROXIMATION; DEMAND; DISTANCE FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO; QUADRATIC; TRANSLOG;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 55949134914     PISSN: 03044076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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