Estimation of hedonic price functions with incomplete information

Empirical Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-25

  Kumbhakar, Subal C ^a   Parmeter, Christopher F ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedonic price model; Information deficiency; Information tax; Two tier frontier

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; MARKET CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954457891     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-009-0292-8     Document Type: Article

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