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-variance analysis of alternative investments has been hampered by the lack of a systematic treatment of volatility in these markets … underlying volatility. For example, in art markets, auction houses often give price guarantees to the seller that resemble put … the price index, allowing to treat the volatility parameter as the object of interest. The model can be estimated using …
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A new heteroskedastic hedonic regression model is suggested which takes into account time-varying volatility and is … expectation. The art price index is a smooth function of time and has a variability that is comparable to the volatility of stock …
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New and old products differ in two respects: quality and newness. Whereas a higher quality of a new product always benefits consumers, the newness itself benefits some consumers, but not others, and for some, it is even a disadvantage. We capture these features in a Hotelling model of...
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New and old products differ in two respects: quality and newness. Whereas a higher quality of a new product always benefits consumers, the newness itself benefits some consumers, but not others, and for some, it is even a disadvantage. We capture these features in a Hotelling model of...
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New and old products differ in two respects: quality and newness. Whereas a higher quality of a new product always benefits consumers, the newness itself benefits some consumers, but not others, and for some, it is even a disadvantage. We capture these features in a Hotelling model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010751916
Los objetivos de este trabajo son tres. En primer lugar elaborar índices de precios de los ordenadores en España en el periodo 1990-2000. En segundo lugar compararlos con los compilados por el Instituto Nacional de Estadística y la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales de Estados Unidos. En...
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Changes in quality in information technology products provoke that compilation of their price indexes represent a major challenge. In this respect, this paper has three goals. In first place, to build price indexes for personal computers during 1990-2004. In second place, to compare our price...
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The authors develop a dynamic approach to measuring the evolution of comparative brand premium, an important component of brand equity. A comparative brand premium is defined as the pairwise price difference between two products being identical in every respect but brand. The model is based on...
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The book brings together a series of research papers presented at a workshop on "The trends of Italy's international tourism", held at the Bank of Italy in Rome on 22 June 2012, on occasion of the release, on Bank of Italy's website, of microdata from the Survey on international tourism in...
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New and old products differ in two respects: quality and newness. Whereas a higher quality of a new product always benefits consumers, the newness itself benefits some consumers, but not others, and for some, it is even a disadvantage. We capture these features in a Hotelling model of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356183