تخمين تابع تقاضاي اينترنت مطالعه موردي شهر تهران

Estimating the Internet Demand Function:Case Study of Tehran

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and estimate the residential demand for internet in city of Tehran. The information required for the study was gathered through a questionnaire designed for this purpose. The questionnaires then gathered and analyzed qualitatively to assess the impact of different socio-economic variables on the internet demand and were also used for estimation purposes. The sample consisted of 385 randomly selected families in different regions of Tehran, which were face-to-faced interviewed in a period of one month. For estimation purposes a Logit model is employed and the results are analyzed accordingly. The results of the paper show that income, education and household size have a positive impact on internet demand, while age and access price turned to be negative. Some variables such as gender did not have a significant effect on the internet use.