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Seminar: Greg M. Allenby and Ling-Jing Kao

Statistics Seminar
September 30, 2004
All Day
209 W. Eighteenth Ave. (EA), Room 170

Title

Estimating State-Space Models of Consumer Behavior: A Hierarchical Bayes Approach

Speaker

Greg M. Allenby and Ling-Jing Kao, The Ohio State University

Abstract

Bayesian data augmentation is developed for models with discrete dependent variables and latent auto-correlated variables. The proposed estimator has wide application, including models of discrete choice, models of forward-looking behavior, and models where the evolution of the latent variable does not have a closed-form representation. Direct marketing data is used to illustrate use of the method in a model where latent inventory levels are assumed to affect customer purchase and resignation decisions. Extensions to other marketing models are discussed.