Identification with Posterior-Separable Information Costs
Econometrics
2024-02-16 v1
Abstract
I provide a model of rational inattention with heterogeneity and prove it is observationally equivalent to a state-dependent stochastic choice model subject to attention costs. I demonstrate that additive separability of unobservable heterogeneity, together with an independence assumption, suffice for the empirical model to admit a representative agent. Using conditional probabilities, I show how to identify: how covariates affect the desirability of goods, (a measure of) welfare, factual changes in welfare, and bounds on counterfactual market shares.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2402.09789,
title = {Identification with Posterior-Separable Information Costs},
author = {Martin Bustos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09789},
year = {2024}
}