Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316152 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para discussão No. 707
Publisher: 
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Departamento de Economia, Rio de Janeiro
Abstract: 
This paper develops a flexible discrete-choice demand framework for aggregate data sets that extends Berry, Levinsohn, and Pakes (1995) and the Pure Characteristics Demand Model of Berry and Pakes (2007). I provide a simple, computationally tractable, asymptotically normal estimator based on two contributions: a globally-convergent algorithm to recover utilities from observed demand and a Quasi-Bayes approach that minimizes simulation variance. The framework accommodates zero market shares, which are a challenge for alternative approaches. I show that zeros in demand generate an endogenously censored model, which leads to moment inequalities. As an application, I study moving costs US internal migration data.
Subjects: 
Demand Estimation
Zero Market Shares
Moving Costs
Housing Policy
Endogenous Censoring
Moment Inequalities
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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