A NONPARAMETRIC TEST FOR COMPARING VALUATION DISTRIBUTIONS IN FIRST-PRICE AUCTIONS.

This article proposes a nonparametric test for comparing valuation distributions in first-price auctions. Our test is motivated by the fact that two valuation distributions are the same if and only if their integrated quantile functions are the same. Our method avoids estimating unobserved valuation...

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Publicado en:International Economic Review Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 857 - 889
Autores principales: Liu, Nianqing, Luo, Yao
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Aug2017
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          Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China, Key Laboratory of Mathematical Economics (SUFE), Ministry of Education of China, China
          University of Toronto, Canada
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        United States. Forest Service
        Auctions
        Bids
        Cumulative distribution function
        Probability density function
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          United States. Forest Service
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          Probability density function
      ab: This article proposes a nonparametric test for comparing valuation distributions in first-price auctions. Our test is motivated by the fact that two valuation distributions are the same if and only if their integrated quantile functions are the same. Our method avoids estimating unobserved valuations and does not require smooth estimation of bid density. We show that our test is consistent against all fixed alternatives and has nontrivial power against root-N local alternatives. Monte Carlo experiments show that our test performs well in finite samples. We implement our method on data from U.S. Forest Service timber auctions.
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