Environmental Change and Hedonic Cost Functions for Automobiles /

This paper focuses on how changes in the economic and regulatory environment have affected production costs and product characteristics in the automobile industry. We estimate cost functions characteristics. Then we examine how this cost surface has changed over time and how these changes relate...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Berry, Steven
Körperschaft:
National Bureau of Economic Research
Weitere Verfasser:
Kortum, Samuel, Pakes, Ariel
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1996.
Zusammenfassung:
This paper focuses on how changes in the economic and regulatory environment have affected production costs and product characteristics in the automobile industry. We estimate cost functions characteristics. Then we examine how this cost surface has changed over time and how these changes relate to changes in gas prices and in emission standard regulations. We also briefly consider the related questions of how changes in automobile characteristics, and in the rate of patenting, are related to regulations and gas prices.
Umfang:
1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
Anmerkungen:
September 1996.
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