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The report provides a literature review on the topic of estimation of demand and supply elasticities. To this end, it … identification problem in estimating elasticities, i.e. the issue of having to solve for unique values of the parameters of the …, using instrumental variables, adopting a recursive structure, holding demand constant, and imposing inequality constraints …
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models (e.g. for inflation, interest rates, or exchange rates) are subject to both parameter instability and identification … between them. Changes in identification strength provide an additional source of information that is used to improve …
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of the models used in this literature. In particular, I discuss two commonly used demand systems: multistage budgeting …
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study the correlation of the estimated parameters and markups with the firm-level productivity growth. Second, the paper … contributes to literature on the structural identification of production functions in two ways. As a first step, it reviews the … price, and the collinearity among input factors of production. Additionally, we propose an identification strategy that …
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Dynamics of profitability have important implications for the market structure and competition in the banking industry. There is a well-established literature on this issue comprising non-banking industries, however research on banking is comparatively small. Moreover, there is a lack of...
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The present paper develops a basic framework for evaluating and optimizing profits in a business operation. In developing a business we are often faced with an infinity of choices ranging from what products or services to sell and what customers to target to how to structure and manage the...
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This paper examines how to evaluate consumer welfare when consumers face nonlinear prices. This problem arises in many settings, such as devising optimal pricing strategies for firms, assessing how price discrimination affects consumers, and evaluating the efficiency costs of many transfer...
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This paper presents an empirical study of spatial competition and a methodological approach to estimating product characteristics and consumer preferences in industries with products whose characteristics are unobservable or difficult to measure.We demonstrate the effective use of panel data on...
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This paper presents an empirical study of spatial competition and a methodological approach to estimating product characteristics and consumer preferences in industries with products whose characteristics are unobservable or difficult to measure.We demonstrate the effective use of panel data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005647305
This paper aims to provide empirical researchers with an overview of the methodological issues that arise when estimating total factor productivity at the establishment level, as well as of the existing techniques designed to overcome them. Apart from the well-known simultaneity and selection...
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