Purchase incidence models estimated on household scanner panel data typically assume the household's decision interval to be one week. However, it is well known in the econometrics literature that discrete-time models are highly sensitive to the assumed time interval of decision-making. In this...

The extant literature on status-signalling primarily adopts Veblen's theory of class to caste and racial identities. This study aims to adopt a more suitable theoretical lens that is more relevant not only for class identities, but also for other identities such as caste and race. By viewing...