Modeling the underreporting bias in panel survey data

Marketing Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 525-539

  Yang, Sha ^a,b   Zhao, Yi ^c   Dhar, Ravi ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Measurement error; Panel survey data analysis; Underreporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954468527     PISSN: 07322399     EISSN: 1526548X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mksc.1090.0536     Document Type: Article

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