Angrist, Joshua D. <br/><br/>
Non-Parametric Demand Analysis with an Application to the Demand for    Fish / 
Joshua D. Angrist, Kathryn Graddy, Guido W. Imbens. 
 - Cambridge, Mass.  National Bureau of Economic Research  1995. 
 - 1 online resource:  illustrations (black and white); 
 - NBER technical working paper series  no. t0178 .
 - Technical Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)  no. t0178. .
<br/><br/> April 1995. 
<br/><br/> Instrumental variables (IV) estimation of a demand equation using time series data is shown to produce a weighted average derivative of heterogeneous potential demand functions.  This result adapts recent work on the causal interpretation of two-stage least squares estimates to the simultaneous equations context and generalizes earlier research on average derivative estimation to models with endogenous regressors. The paper also shows how to compute the weights underlying IV estimates of average derivatives in a simultaneous equations model. These ideas are illustrated using data from the Fulton Fish market in New York City to estimate an average elasticity of wholesale demand for fresh fish.  The weighting function underlying IV estimates of the demand equation is graphed and interpreted.  The empirical example illustrates the essentially local and context-specific nature of instrumental variables estimates of structural parameters in simultaneous equations models. 
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