Addressing Pre-Commitment Bias with a Generalized EASI Model: An Application to Food Demand in Russia

The Exact Affine Stone Index (EASI) demand model offers distinct advantages over its predecessors. However, it does not account for pre-committed demand. This can bias elasticity estimates when such pre-commitments are present. We derive a generalized EASI model that allows for pre-committed demand....

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Main Authors: Vardges Hovhannisyan, Aleksan Shanoyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/281314