Economics Webinar - Nonparametric Estimation of Finite-Mixture Models of Dynamic Discrete Choices
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Zoom Meeting ID: 968 790 9998 (password 66042570)
This paper provides new identification results for mixtures of stationary Markov processes. Our results complete and sharpen those of Kasahara and Shimotsu (2009). Our approach is constructive and, contrary to Hu and Shum (2012), does not require monotonicity conditions on component distributions. Identification is achieved from knowledge of the cross-sectional distribution of as little as three effective time-series observations. Nonparametric maximum likelihood is considered for the purpose of estimation and inference. Implementation via the EM algorithm is straightforward and evaluated in a Monte Carlo exercise.
場地開放時間
4:00pm
活動形式
講者/ 表演者:
Prof. Koen Joschmans
Toulouse School of Economics
語言
英文
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研究生
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經濟學系
聯絡方法
Julie Wong by email: fnjuwong@ust.hk