Sequential estimation of dynamic discrete games

Econometrica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-53

  Aguirregabiria, Victor ^a   Mira, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CEMFI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dynamic discrete games; Entry and exit in oligopoly markets; Multiple equilibria; Pseudo maximum likelihood estimation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846651732     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2007.00731.x     Document Type: Article

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