Alternative Demand Models and their Elasticity Estimates

Alternative Demand Models and their Elasticity Estimates

Choice of functional form for the demand (forecasting) model is very important for empirical research. Of the five models examined, the translog demand system with theoretical constraints imposed upon the parameters performs the best. But further investigation is needed.

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