Measuring the price responsiveness of gasoline demand: Economic shape restrictions and nonparametric demand estimation

Quantitative Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-51

  Blundell, Richard ^a   Horowitz, Joel L ^b   Parey, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer demand; Deadweight loss; Gasoline demand; Nonparametric estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883533011     PISSN: 17597323     EISSN: 17597331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/QE91     Document Type: Article

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