A simple microeconomic foundation for a Tobit model of consumer demand

Economics Letters

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-132

  Solon, Gary ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer demand; Corner solutions; Tobit model; Zero expenditures

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249119554     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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