Advertising and Differentiated Products

...Eleven articles provide insight into strengths and weaknesses of alternative methodological approaches to issues of advertising and differentiated products. Journal of Economic Literature, 2002

• Effects of advertising on U.S. non-alcoholic beverage demand: Evidence from a two-stage Rotterdam model (H.W. Kinnucan, et al.). The long-run demand for alcoholic beverages and the advertising debate: A cointegration analysis (N.E. Coulson, J.R. Moran, J. P. Nelson). Mandated exclusive territories: Efficiency effects and regulatory selection bias (T.R. Sass, D.S. Saurman). Race and radio: Preference externalities, minority ownership, and the provision of programming to minorities (P. Siegelman, J. Waldfogel). The value of advertising in a magazine bundle (C.A. Depken, D.P. Wilson). Pricing dynamics of multi-product retailers (D. Hosken, D. Matsa, D. Reiffen). Product innovation in services: A framework for analysis (R. Betancourt, D. Gautschi). Asymptotic efficiency in stackelberg markets with incomplete information (J. Zhang, Z. Zhang). Advertising cooperation: Who plays? Who gains? (J. A. Dearden, G. L. Lilien). A model of vertical differentiation, brand loyalty, and persuasive advertising (V.J. Tremblay, C. Martins-Filho). Alcohol advertising and advertising bans: A survey of research methods, results, and policy implications (J.P. Nelson).