Semiparametric Identification of the Discount Factor and Payoff Function in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models
动态离散选择模型中折现因子与收益函数的半参数识别
This paper investigates how the discount factor and payoff functions can be identified in stationary infinite-horizon dynamic discrete choice models. In single-agent models, we show that common nonparametric assumptions on per-period payoffs -- such as homogeneity of degree one, monotonicity, concavity, zero cross-differences, and complementarity -- provide identifying restrictions on the discount factor. These restrictions take the form of polynomial equalities and…