Econometrica: Sep, 2012, Volume 80, Issue 5
Constrained Optimization Approaches to Estimation of Structural Models
https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA7925
p. 2213-2230
Che‐Lin Su, Kenneth L. Judd
Estimating structural models is often viewed as computationally difficult, an impression partly due to a focus on the nested fixed‐point (NFXP) approach. We propose a new constrained optimization approach for structural estimation. We show that our approach and the NFXP algorithm solve the same estimation problem, and yield the same estimates. Computationally, our approach can have speed advantages because we do not repeatedly solve the structural equation at each guess of structural parameters. Monte Carlo experiments on the canonical Zurcher bus‐repair model demonstrate that the constrained optimization approach can be significantly faster.
Supplemental Material
Supplement to "Constrained Optimization Approaches to Estimation of Structural Models"
This zip file contains the replication files for the manuscript.
View zip
Comments & Corrigenda