antitrust (version 0.99.10)

PCAIDSNests-class: Class “PCAIDSNests”

Description

The “PCAIDSNests” class contains all the information needed to calibrate a nested PCAIDS demand system and perform a merger simulation analysis under the assumption that firms are playing a differentiated Bertrand products pricing game.

Objects from the Class

Objects can be created by using the constructor pcaids.nests.

Slots

Let k denote the number of products produced by all firms.

nests:

A length k vector identifying which nest a product belongs to.

nestsParms:

A length k vector containing nesting parameters.

Extends

Class '>PCAIDS, directly. Class '>AIDS, by class '>PCAIDS, distance 2. Class '>Linear, by class '>AIDS, distance 3. Class '>Bertrand, by class '>Linear, distance 4. Class '>Antitrust, by class '>Bertrand, distance 5.

Methods

calcSlopes

signature(object)

Uncover nested CES demand parameters. Assumes that firms are currently at equilibrium in a differentiated product Bertrand Nash pricing game.

getNestsParms

signature(object)

Returns a matrix containing the calibrated nesting parameters.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
showClass("PCAIDSNests")           # get a detailed description of the class
showMethods(classes="PCAIDSNests") # show all methods defined for the class
# }