Nonparametric identification of risk aversion in first-price auctions under exclusion restrictions

Econometrica

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1193-1227

  Guerre, Emmanuel ^a   Perrigne, Isabelle ^b   Vuong, Quang ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exclusion restrictions; Nonparametric identification; Private value; Risk aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349128304     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA7028     Document Type: Article

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