Presenter: Federico Zincenko
Paper: “Identification and Estimation of Multidimensional Screening," joint work with Gaurab Aryal
Abstract:
We study the identification and estimation of a multidimensional screening model, where a monopolist sells a product with multiple qualities to consumers with private information about their multidimensional preferences. Under optimal screening, the seller designs product and payment rules that exclude "low-type" consumers, bunches the "medium types" at "medium-quality" products, and perfectly screens the "high types." We determine sufficient conditions to identify the joint distribution of preferences and the marginal costs from data on optimal individual choices and payments. Then, we propose estimators for these objects, establish their asymptotic properties, and assess their small-sample performance using Monte Carlo experiments.