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- Title
MEASURING THE IMPLICATIONS OF SALES AND CONSUMER INVENTORY BEHAVIOR.
- Authors
Hendel, Igal; Nevo, Aviv
- Abstract
Temporary price reductions (sales) are common for many goods and naturally result in large increases in the quantity sold. Demand estimation based on temporary price reductions may mismeasure the long-run responsiveness to prices. In this paper we quantify, the extent of the problem and assess its economic implications. We structurally estimate a dynamic model of consumer choice using two years of scanner data on the purchasing behavior of a panel of households. The results suggest that static demand estimates, which neglect dynamics, (i) overestimate own-price elasticities by 30 percent, (ii) underestimate cross-price elasticities by up to a factor of 5, and (iii) overestimate the substitution to the no-purchase or outside option by over 200 percent. This suggests that policy analysis based on static elasticity estimates will underestimate price cost margins and underpredict the effects of mergers.
- Subjects
PRICES; COST; SALES; SALES forecasting; ECONOMIC impact; HOUSEHOLDS; POLICY analysis; MERGERS &; acquisitions; BUSINESS enterprises
- Publication
Econometrica, 2006, Vol 74, Issue 6, p1637
- ISSN
0012-9682
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00721.x