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Adoption–usage demand: A discrete–continuous microfoundation
We develop a microfounded discrete–continuous demand model that couples a logit participation decision with Cobb–Douglas usage conditional on purchase. The structure delivers closed-form expressions for individual demand, adoption probabilities, and welfare, providing a normative foundation for the practice of multiplying incidence and conditional quantity equations. A transparent elasticity decomposition separates usage from adoption responses, yields monotone comparative statics, and preserves random-utility log-sum welfare. Extensions include multi-product adoption with multinomial logit shares.
期刊介绍:
Many economists today are concerned by the proliferation of journals and the concomitant labyrinth of research to be conquered in order to reach the specific information they require. To combat this tendency, Economics Letters has been conceived and designed outside the realm of the traditional economics journal. As a Letters Journal, it consists of concise communications (letters) that provide a means of rapid and efficient dissemination of new results, models and methods in all fields of economic research.