Testing for Monotone Equilibrium Strategies in Games of Incomplete Information
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| author | Hsu, Yu-Chin Li, Tong Liu, Chu-An Takahashi, Hidenori |
| author_facet | Hsu, Yu-Chin Li, Tong Liu, Chu-An Takahashi, Hidenori |
| contents | This paper develops a unified framework for testing monotonicity of Bayesian Nash equilibrium strategies in unobserved types in games of incomplete information. We show that, under symmetric independent private types, monotonicity of differentiable equilibrium strategies is equivalent to monotonicity of a quasi-inverse strategy identified from observed actions. This allows the problem to be reformulated as testing a countable set of moment inequalities involving unconditional expectations. We propose a Cramer-von Mises-type statistic with bootstrap critical values. The method accommodates covariates and game heterogeneity. Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate finite-sample performance, and an application to procurement auctions illustrates cartel detection. |
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| spellingShingle | Testing for Monotone Equilibrium Strategies in Games of Incomplete Information Hsu, Yu-Chin Li, Tong Liu, Chu-An Takahashi, Hidenori Econometrics This paper develops a unified framework for testing monotonicity of Bayesian Nash equilibrium strategies in unobserved types in games of incomplete information. We show that, under symmetric independent private types, monotonicity of differentiable equilibrium strategies is equivalent to monotonicity of a quasi-inverse strategy identified from observed actions. This allows the problem to be reformulated as testing a countable set of moment inequalities involving unconditional expectations. We propose a Cramer-von Mises-type statistic with bootstrap critical values. The method accommodates covariates and game heterogeneity. Monte Carlo simulations demonstrate finite-sample performance, and an application to procurement auctions illustrates cartel detection. |
| title | Testing for Monotone Equilibrium Strategies in Games of Incomplete Information |
| topic | Econometrics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06643 |