***Data on U.S. Domestic and Imported Automobiles, 1971-1990***





Contributed by: James Levinsohn

                Department of Economics

                University of Michigan

                Ann Arbor, MI 48109

E-mail:         jamesl@econ.lsa.umich.edu





The data in AUTO.ASC was collected from the annnual issues of

Automotive News, and from various issues of Consumer Reports.

It can be referenced to the article:



Berry, Steven, James Levinsohn and Ariel Pakes, 1995, "Automobile

Prices in Market Equilibrium," Econometrica, 63(4), 841-890





Record Layout:



Each record of AUTO.ASC contains the following variables,

with the variables names in the first record:





columns 1-6     -  name    Model name (abbreviation)

columns 9-12    -  id      Identification number for model

columns 15-16   -  yr      Year

column  19      -  cy      Number of cylinders

column  22      -  dr      2=Two wheel drive, 4=Four wheel drive

column  25      -  at      1=Automatic transmission, 0=otherwise

column  28      -  ps      1=Power steering, 0=otherwise

column  31      -  air     1=Air conditioning, 0=otherwise

columns 34      -  drv     1=Front wheel drive, 0=otherwise

                           (the 1971-1974 data is missing)

columns 37-41   -  price   Price (dollars)

columns 44-47   -  wght    Weight (pounds)

column  50      -  dom     1=U.S. built, 0=imported

columns 53-57   -  disp    Displacement (cubic inches; liters in 1990)

columns 60-63   -  hp      Horsepower

columns 65-69   -  lngth   Length (inches)

columns 72-75   -  wdth    Width (inches)

columns 78-82   -  wb      Wheel base (inches)

columns 85-89   -  mpg     Miles per gallon

columns 92-97   -  sales   Sales

columns 100-101 -  fid     Firm identification number

column  104     -  eu      1=European model, 0=otherwise

column  107     -  re      Reliability index (from Consumer Reports)

column  110     -  dfi     1=Transplant production in the U.S. 0=otherwise

columns 113-118 -  markup  Estimated markup (thousands of dollars)





Special Considerations:



The displacement variable switched from cubic inches to liters in 1990.

To convert these back to cubic inches, the displacement can be

multiplied by 61.02.