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Record 1 1987-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
CONT

The purpose of this paper is to determine whether styling change does shift automobile demand. Without testing his hypothesis, Menge Z(1962) argued that if styling change is a shift variable, larger firms could use styling changes as a market weapon against smaller firms. (Source: Applied Economics, 1984, vol. 16, p. 291).

CONT

At a later stage, we shall consider the possible effect of migration on employment growth as a shift variable to capture the possible destabilizing impact of migration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
OBS

Variable qui met en jeu un changement de valeurs d'une autre variable.

Spanish

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