Nonparametric panel estimation of online auction price processes

Empirical Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-68

  Zhang, Yu Yvette ^a   Gu, Jingping ^b   Li, Qi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidding history; Monotone estimation; Nonparametric estimation; Online auctions; Panel model

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH CURVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; PARAMETERIZATION; PRICE DETERMINATION;

EID: 79551685401     PISSN: 03777332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00181-010-0374-7     Document Type: Article

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