Dynamic Discrete-Continuous Choice Models: Identification and Conditional Choice Probability Estimation

Christophe Bruneel-Zupanc

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Abstract: This paper develops a general framework for dynamic models in which individuals simultaneously make both discrete and continuous choices. The framework incorporates a wide range of unobserved heterogeneity. I show that such models are nonparametrically identified. Based on constructive identification arguments, I build a novel two-step estimation method in the lineage of Hotz and Miller (1993) and Arcidiacono and Miller (2011) but extended to simultaneous discrete-continuous choice. In the first step, I recover the (type-dependent) optimal choices with an expectation-maximization algorithm and instrumental variable quantile regression. In the second step, I estimate the primitives of the model taking the estimated optimal choices as given. The method is especially attractive for complex dynamic models because it significantly reduces the computational burden associated with their estimation compared to alternative full solution methods.

Date: 2025-04
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