economic theory to improve the precision of a nonparametric estimate of the demand function. Using data from the U.S. National …This paper develops a new method for estimating the demand function for gasoline and the deadweight loss due to an … Household Travel Survey, we show that the restrictions are consistent with the data on gasoline demand and remove the anomalous …

from economic theory to improve the precision of a nonparametric estimate of the demand function. Using data from the U …This paper develops a new method for estimating a demand function and the welfare consequences of price changes. The … method is applied to gasoline demand in the U.S. and is applicable to other goods. The method uses shape restrictions derived …

individual behavior. -- Nonparametric Testing ; Heterogeneity ; Integrability ; Nonseparable Models ; Consumer Demand ; Quantile …

framework to consumer demand. …

group rather than the true individual value. In consumer demand this form of measurement error is present because the price … show the importance of such measurement errors for the estimation of demand in a setting with nonseparable unobserved … heterogeneity. We develop a consistent estimator using external information on the true distribution of prices. Examining the demand …