Andriy Norets, Kenichi Shimizu
arXiv 9 Feb 2022 · Econometrics · publishedJournal of Econometrics (2023) · 3 citations (OpenAlex)
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We propose a tractable semiparametric estimation method for structural dynamic discrete choice models. The distribution of additive utility shocks in the proposed framework is modeled by location-scale mixtures of extreme value distributions with varying numbers of mixture components. Our approach exploits the analytical tractability of extreme value distributions in the multinomial choice settings and the flexibility of the location-scale mixtures. We implement the Bayesian approach to inference using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo and an approximately optimal reversible jump algorithm. In our simulation experiments, we show that the standard dynamic logit model can deliver misleading results, especially about counterfactuals, when the shocks are not extreme value distributed. Our semiparametric approach delivers reliable inference in these settings. We develop theoretical results on approximations by location-scale mixtures in an appropriate distance and posterior concentration of the set identified utility parameters and the distribution of shocks in the model.
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| 1 | Rust, J (1987) Optimal replacement of GMC bus engines: an empirical model of Harold Zurcher | 0.969 | 11 | 5 | 91% |
| 2 | Norets, A. and X. Tang (2013) Semiparametric Inference in Dynamic Binary Choice Models self | 0.956 | 16 | 6 | 88% |
| 3 | Gilleskie, D (1998) A Dynamic Stochastic Model of Medical Care Use and Work Absence | 0.909 | 8 | 4 | 75% |
| 4 | Norets, A (2021) Optimal Auxiliary Priors and Reversible Jump Proposals for a Class of Variable Dimension Models self | 0.811 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| 5 | Norets, A (2011) Semiparametric Identification of Dynamic Multinomial Choice Models, Unpublished Manuscript, Princeton University self | 0.737 | 4 | 3 | 50% |
| 6 | Norets, A. and J. Pelenis (2022) Adaptive Bayesian Estimation of Discrete-Continuous Distributions Under Smoothness and Sparsity self | 0.737 | 3 | 2 | 100% |
| 7 | Manski, C. F (1999) Identification Problems in the Social Sciences | 0.644 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 8 | Moon, H. R. and F. Schorfheide (2012) Bayesian and Frequentist Inference in Partially Identified Models | 0.644 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 9 | Norets, A (2010) Continuity and Differentiability of Expected Value Functions in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models self | 0.644 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 10 | Shen, W., S. T. Tokdar, and S. Ghosal (2013) Adaptive Bayesian multivariate density estimation with Dirichlet mixtures | 0.644 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
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