Arbeitspapier
Estimation of threshold distributions for market participation
We develop a new method to estimate the parameters of threshold distributions for market participation based upon an agent-specific attribute and its decision outcome. This method requires few behavioral assumptions, is not data demanding, and can adapt to various parametric distributions. Monte Carlo simulations show that the algorithm successfully recovers three different parametric distributions and is resilient to assumption violations. An application to export decisions by French firms shows that threshold distributions are generally right-skewed. We then reveal the asymmetric effects of past policies over different quantiles of the threshold distributions.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: LEM Working Paper Series ; No. 2020/09
Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics: General
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Empirical Studies of Trade
Maximum Likelihood Estimation
Fixed Costs
Export Decision
Musso, Patrick
Nesta, Lionel
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- Letzte Aktualisierung
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20.09.2024, 08:25 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Guerini, Mattia
- Musso, Patrick
- Nesta, Lionel
- Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Laboratory of Economics and Management (LEM)
Entstanden
- 2020