The taste for variety: A hedonic analysis

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 101
Issue: 1
Pages: 66-68

Authors (3)

Drescher, Larissa (not in RePEc) Thiele, Silke (not in RePEc) Weiss, Christoph R. (WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)

Score contribution per author:

0.335 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper derives a hedonic price function for a household's consumption bundle. In a panel-data analysis for households' expenditures on 182 different soft drinks we find that consumers have a preference for variety in food consumption, ceteris paribus.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:101:y:2008:i:1:p:66-68
Journal Field
General
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-29