A semiparametric model of household gasoline demand

Energy Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-101

  Wadud, Zia ^a   Noland, Robert B ^b   Graham, Daniel J ^c  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer Expenditure Survey; Gasoline demand; Heterogeneity; Semiparametric modelling

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; CONSUMER EXPENDITURE; CONSUMER EXPENDITURE SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES; ECONOMETRIC MODEL; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GASOLINE DEMAND; INCOME ELASTICITIES; INTERPRETABILITY; NON-PARAMETRIC; PAPER MODELS; PARAMETRIC MODELS; PARAMETRIC REPRESENTATIONS; PRICE CHANGES; PRICE ELASTICITY; PRICE RESPONSE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS; SEMIPARAMETRIC; SEMIPARAMETRIC MODELS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TRANSLOG MODEL; URBAN AREAS; VEHICLE HOLDING;

ECONOMICS; ELASTICITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; GASOLINE; RURAL AREAS; SURVEYS;

COSTS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; ECONOMETRICS; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MODELING; PRICE DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249086185     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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