Utility-consistent brand demand systems with endogenous category consumption: Principles and marketing applications

被引:10
作者
Baltas, G [1 ]
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[1] Athens Univ Econ & Business, Athens 10434, Greece
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10.1111/j.1540-5915.2001.tb00965.x
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C93 [管理学];
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12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
This paper introduces the design and implementation of utility-consistent, brand, and category demand systems. It extends formal demand analysis to the area of brand and category demand, which directly concerns marketing researchers and managers. The proposed brand demand system is a set of interrelated demand functions that are derived explicitly from a utility function describing consumer preferences. The model generalizes by the integration of category expenditures, which are determined endogenously. The theoretical plausibility of the proposed demand model is demonstrated first and, subsequently, brand and category level systems are derived. Econometric methods for estimating the systems are also developed and illustrated in empirical data. The results yield empirically determined, quantitative insights into the structure of consumer demand for brands and product categories. The proposed approach has the attractive feature of structuring the interdependencies of consumer decisions and ensuring an explicit role for theory in applied research.
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页码:399 / 421
页数:23
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