Structural Modeling and Policy Simulation: A Comment

16 Pages Posted: 14 Sep 2004

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Bart J. Bronnenberg

Tilburg University, CentER

Peter E. Rossi

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management

Naufel J. Vilcassim

London Business School

Date Written: September 9, 2004

Abstract

We review the importance of structural modeling for the purposes of simulation of the effects of changes in marketing policy. We pay particular attention to the aspects of structural modeling which present unique challenges for researchers in marketing. We also catalogue some of the advantages that marketing researchers enjoy in the development and estimation of structural models. This paper was orginially commissioned as a comment on Philip Hans Franses' paper, 'On the Use of Marketing Models for Policy Simulation', (forthcoming, Journal of Marketing Research).

Keywords: Structural models, policy evaluation, marketing instruments

JEL Classification: M3, C5, I1

Suggested Citation

Bronnenberg, Bart J. and Rossi, Peter E. and Vilcassim, Naufel J., Structural Modeling and Policy Simulation: A Comment (September 9, 2004). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=589046 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.589046

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Naufel J. Vilcassim

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