Single Market Nonparametric Identification of Multi-Attribute Hedonic Equilibrium Models

This paper derives conditions under which preferences and technology are nonparametrically identified in hedonic equilibrium models, where products are differentiated along more than one dimension and agents are characterized by several dimensions of unobserved heterogeneity. With products differentiated along a quality index and agents characterized by scalar unobserved heterogeneity, single crossing conditions on preferences and technology provide identifying restrictions. We develop similar shape restrictions in the multi-attribute case and we provide identification results from the observation of a single market. We thereby extend identification results in Matzkin (2003) and Heckman, Matzkin, and Nesheim (2010) to accommodate multiple dimensions of unobserved heterogeneity.

Keywords: Hedonic equilibrium, nonparametric identification, multidimensional unobserved heterogeneity, optimal transport

JEL Classification: C14, C61, C78

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Chernozhukov, Victor and Galichon, Alfred and Henry, Marc and Pass, Brendan, Single Market Nonparametric Identification of Multi-Attribute Hedonic Equilibrium Models (December 29, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2392549 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2392549