An Elasticity can be Estimated Consistently without a Priori Knowledge of Functional Form

DOI10.2307/1912114zbMath0567.62100OpenAlexW1533268670MaRDI QIDQ3683404

Geraldo Souza, A. Ronald Gallant, Ibrahim Elbadawi

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Econometrica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/research/math/papers/542.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

demand systemconsistent estimationFourier flexible formprice elasticitiessubstitution elasticities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to economics (62P20) Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets) (91B24)

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