Sorawoot (Tang) Srisuma

*** Events ***

Recent events I organized: 

• (with Tiffany Tsai) Workshop on structural econometrics + a short course by Bob Miller, 9th - 12th May 2023, NUS 

• (with Ying Chen and Oliver Linton) Workshop on MDP and RL, 22nd - 23rd September 2023, Cambridge

Research interests:

Theoretical and Applied Econometrics, Empirical Industrial Organization, Identification and Estimation in Structural Models

Publications:

• Semiparametric Estimation of Markov Decision Processes with Continuous State Space (with O. Linton)

       Journal of Econometrics, 2012, vol.166, pp.320-341

• Minimum Distance Estimators for Dynamic Games

       Quantitative Economics, 2013, vol.4, pp.549-583 

        Appendix A of this paper discusses identification and moment inequality selection in Bajari, Benkard and Levin (2007), and it supersedes this note

• Identification in Discrete Markov Decision Models

       Econometric Theory, 2015, vol.31, pp.521-538

• Estimating Bayesian Decision Problems with Heterogeneous Priors (with S. Hansen and M. McMahon)

       Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, vol.31, pp.762-771

• Ordinary Least Squares Estimation of a Dynamic Game Model (with F. Sanches and D. Silva Junior)

       International Economic Review, 2016, vol.57, pp.623-634

        An older version of this paper that contains the proof of an asymptotic equivalence can be found here

• Banking Privatization and Market Structure in Brazil: a Dynamic Structural Analysis (with F. Sanches and D. Silva Junior)

       RAND Journal of Economics, 2018, vol.49, pp.936-963

• Joint Analysis of the Discount Factor and Payoff Parameters in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models (with T. Komarova, F. Sanches and D. Silva Junior)

       Quantitative Economics, 2018, vol.9, pp.1153-1194

• Minimum Distance Estimation of Search Costs using Price Distribution (with F. Sanches and D. Silva Junior)

       Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2018, vol.36, pp.658-671

• Measuring Ethnic Stratification and its Effect on Trust in Africa (with R. Hodler, A. Vesperoni and N. Zurlinden)

       Journal of Development Economics, 2020, vol.146

        See this VoxDev article for a related media coverage

• Nonparametric Euler Equation Identification and Estimation (with J. Escanciano, S. Hoderlein, A. Lewbel and O. Linton)

 Econometric Theory, 2021, vol.37, pp.851-891

• Analyzing Subjective Well-Being Data with Misclassification (with E. Oparina)

Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 2022, vol. 40, pp.730-743

• Robust Ranking of Happiness Outcomes: A Median Regression Perspective (with L.Y. Chen, E. Oparina and N. Powdthavee)

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, vol. 200, pp.672-686

A non-technical summary of this paper can be found in this VoxEU article. The codes for estimation can be found here. 

Working papers:

• Do Online Marketplaces Benefit Sellers and Consumers? Evidence from a Dynamic Pricing Game (with G. Guo and F. Sanches)

• Identification and Estimation of a Search Model with Heterogeneous Consumers and Firms (with M. Mysliwski, M. Rostom, F. Sanches and D. Silva Junior), revise and resubmit

• Nonparametric Estimation of Private Value Densities in Ascending Auctions and Generalized Competing Risks Model (with T. Komarova and O.Linton)

• Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Estimation of Additive Models (with S. Centorrino)

• Talking Therapy: Impacts of a Nationwide Mental Health Service in England (with C. Krekel and E. Oparina) 

A non-technical summary of this paper can be found in this IZA Opinion article. 

• The Welfare Effects of Supply and Demand Frictions in a Dynamic Pricing Game (with M. Mysliwski, F. Sanches and D. Silva Junior), conditionally accepted, Economic Journal

• Uniform Convergence Rates for Nonparametric Estimators of a Density Function and its Derivatives when the Density has a Known Pole, revise and resubmit