Dalton, Christina M. - In: International Journal of Industrial Organization 37 (2014) C, pp. 178-191
Nonlinear pricing is prevalent in industries such as health care, public utilities, and telecommunications. However …, this pricing scheme introduces bias into estimating elasticities for welfare analysis or policy changes. I develop a local … elasticity estimation method that uses nonlinear price schedules to isolate consumers' expenditure choices from selection and …