This paper considers structural nonparametric random utility models for continuous choice variables. It provides suffcient conditions on random preferences to yield reduced- form systems of nonparametric stochastic demand functions that allow global invertibility between demands and random utility components. Invertibility is essential for global identification of structural consumer demand models, for the existence of well-specified probability models of choice and for the nonparametric analysis of revealed stochastic preference.
Authors
CPP Co-Director
Richard is Co-Director of the Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP) and Senior Research Fellow at IFS.
Research Associate Birkbeck, University of London
Walter is a Research Associate at the IFS, a Reader in Economics at Birkbeck, University of London and holds a position in the Academic Panel at CMA.
Working Paper details
- DOI
- 10.1920/wp.cem.2005.0905
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
Beckert, W and Blundell, R. (2005). Heterogeneity and the nonparametric analysis of consumer choice: conditions for invertibility. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/heterogeneity-and-nonparametric-analysis-consumer-choice-conditions-invertibility (accessed: 30 April 2024).
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