Uniqueness seeking and demand estimation in the German automobile industry

Arbeitspapier

This paper empirically analyzes the determinants of demand in the German automobile industry. Our primary goal is to refine the existing literature on that topic by exploring the impact of uniqueness seeking behaviour of individuals on the demand schedule. Using a dataset on the segment of compact cars in the German market, we show that consumers have an intrinsic need for uniqueness seeking, and the degree a product satisfies this need is to be considered as an additional product characteristic.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Jena Economic Research Papers ; No. 2009,050

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis ; Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms ; Information and Product Quality; Standardization and Compatibility ; Automobiles; Other Transportation Equipment; Related Parts and Equipment
• Thema: DEMAND ESTIMATION ; DISCRETE CHOICE ; DIFFERENTIATED PRODUCTS ; Kraftfahrzeug ; Nachfrage ; Konsumentenverhalten ; Produktdifferenzierung ; Kraftfahrzeugmarkt ; Schätzung ; Deutschland

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Guerzoni, Marco ; Soellner, René
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics
• (wo): Jena
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/31721
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ