Nonparametric Identification and Inference of First-Price Auctions with Heterogeneous Bidders
异质竞标者第一价格拍卖的非参数识别与推断
In the auction literature, it is well established that bidders’ asymmetry plays an important role in determining auction revenues. In this article, we propose a nonparametric methodology to analyze first-price auctions with two popularly adopted asymmetries: heterogeneous risk preferences and asymmetric value distributions. We find that the two competing models provide distinct implications for the bid distributions conditional on heterogeneity. By modeling bidders’…