Research Article

A Network-Based Approach to Modeling and Predicting Product Coconsideration Relations

Table 4

Estimated coefficients and odds ratios of the dyadic model and ERGM.

Input variablesDyadic ModelERGM
Est. coef.OddsEst. coef.Odds

Network configurations of product interdependence
Edge/Intercept0.000.00
Star effect (inverse measure)7.20
Triangle effect2.01

Baseline effects of vehicle attributes
Import1.451.11
Price ()0.981.01
Power ()1.971.42
Fuel consumption (per 100 BHP)1.211.13

Homophily effects of vehicle attribute matching and difference
Market segment matching3.981.94
Make origin matching3.601.69
Price difference ()0.170.45
Power difference () 0.081.09 0.131.14
Fuel consumption difference0.920.93

Homophily effects of customer association
Distance of customers’ perceived characteristics.0.660.74
Distance of customers’ demographics0.560.69

Model performance
Null deviance104,618
Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC)16,00514,021

Note. -value < 0.01, -value < 0.001.