Logical consistency of market share models has received considerable attention in the recent marketing literature. The reports suggest that, at least theoretically, attraction-type specifications are more easily justified than the ones commonly used in empirical work. The authors examine whether the theoretical superiority also implies a better predictive performance. The empirical results give a tentatively affirmative answer.
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