ISMS Durable Goods Dataset 1

This is a panel dataset containing the transactions of 19,936 households made over the period December 1998 – November 2004 at a major U.S. consumer electronics retailer. There are a total of 173,262 transactions, including purchases and returns of products as well as extended warranties. There are 292 product categories, ranging from big ticket items such as televisions to small ticket items such as CDs and batteries.

Data documentation:

• ISMS Durables Dataset 1 Documentation
• ISMS Durables Datasets Discussion
  (Jian Ni, Scott A. Neslin and Baohong Sun, 2011)

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