Arbeitspapier

A two-stage pooled panel data estimator of demand elasticities

In a seminal paper, Feenstra (1994) developed an instrumental variable estimator which is becoming increasingly popular for estimating demand elasticities. Soderbery (2015) extended this estimator and created a routine which was shown to be more robust to data outliers when the number of time periods is small or moderate. In this paper, we extend the Feenstra/Soderbery (F/S) estimator along two important dimensions to obtain a more efficient estimator: we handle the cases where there are no simultaneity problems, i.e. when supply is either elastic or inelastic, and we generalize the current practice of choosing a particular reference variety by creating a pooled estimator across all possible reference varieties. Using a Monte Carlo study, we show that our proposed estimator reduces the RMSE compared to the F/S estimator by between 60 and 90 percent across the whole parameter space.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 951

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Estimation: General
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
Thema
Demand elasticity
Panel data
Two-stage estimator

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Thomas von Brasch
Raknerud, Arvid
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Statistics Norway, Research Department
(wo)
Oslo
(wann)
2021

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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Thomas von Brasch
  • Raknerud, Arvid
  • Statistics Norway, Research Department

Entstanden

  • 2021

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