Uniqueness seeking and demand estimation in the German automobile industry

Marco Guerzoni; René Soellner

This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of demand in the German automobile industry. Our primary goal is to refine the existing literature on that topic by exploring the impact of uniqueness seeking behaviour of individuals on the demand schedule. Using a dataset on the segment of compact cars in the German market, we show that consumers have an intrinsic need for uniqueness seeking, and the degree a product satisfies this need is to be considered as an additional product characteristic. -- DEMAND ESTIMATION ; DISCRETE CHOICE ; DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Guerzoni, Marco ; Soellner, René
Publisher:	Jena : Univ. [u.a.]
Subject:	Kraftfahrzeug \| Motor vehicle \| Nachfrage \| Demand \| Konsumentenverhalten \| Consumer behaviour \| Produktdifferenzierung \| Product differentiation \| Kfz-Markt \| Automotive market \| Schätzung \| Estimation \| Deutschland \| Germany

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (25 S.)
Series:	Jena economic research papers. - Jena : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ISSN 1864-7057, ZDB-ID 2388825-8. - Vol. 2009,050
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Parallel als Druckausg. erschienen Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/31721 [Handle]
Classification:	D12 - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure Size; Size Distribution of Firms ; L15 - Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; L62 - Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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