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Hruschka, Harald

Endogeneity of marketing variables in multicategory choice models

Hruschka, Harald (2023) Endogeneity of marketing variables in multicategory choice models. Journal of Business Economics 94, S. 639-657.

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 05 Okt 2023 10:46
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.54767


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A regressor is endogenous if it is correlated with the unobserved residual of a model. Ignoring endogeneity may lead to biased coefficients. We deal with the omitted variable bias that arises if firms set marketing variables considering factors (demand shocks) that researchers do not observe. Whereas publications on sales response or brand choice models frequently take the potential endogeneity ...

A regressor is endogenous if it is correlated with the unobserved residual of a model. Ignoring endogeneity may lead to biased coefficients. We deal with the omitted variable bias that arises if firms set marketing variables considering factors (demand shocks) that researchers do not observe. Whereas publications on sales response or brand choice models frequently take the potential endogeneity of marketing variables into account, multicategory choice models provide a different picture. To consider endogeneity in multicategory choice models, we follow a two-step Gaussian copula approach. The first step corresponds to an individual-level random coefficient version of the multivariate logit model. We analyze yearly shopping data for one specific grocery store, referring to 29 product categories. If the assumption of a Gaussian correlation structure is met, the copula approach indicates the endogeneity of a category-specific marketing variable in about 31% of the categories. The majority of marketing variables rated as endogenous are positively correlated with the omitted variable, implying that ignoring endogeneity leads to an overestimation of the coefficients of the respective marketing variable. Finally, we investigate whether taking endogeneity into account by the copula approach leads to different managerial implications. In this regard, we demonstrate that for our data ignoring endogeneity often suggests a level of marketing activity that is too high.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftJournal of Business Economics
Verlag:Springer
Band:94
Seitenbereich:S. 639-657
Datum25 September 2023
InstitutionenWirtschaftswissenschaften > Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre > Lehrstuhl für Marketing (Prof. Dr. Harald Hruschka)
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WertTyp
10.1007/s11573-023-01179-zDOI
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NotationArt
M31 - L81 - D1 - C35Journal of Economics Literature Classification
Stichwörter / KeywordsMarketing · Retailing · Multicategory choice · Market basket analysis · Endogeneity
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-547675
Dokumenten-ID54767

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