On the Nonparametric Identification of Nonlinear Simultaneous Equations Models: Comment on B. Brown (1983) and Roehrig (1988)

Authors

C. Lanier Benkard
Steven T. Berry

Document Type

Discussion Paper

Publication Date

10-1-2004

CFDP Number

1482

CFDP Pages

13

Abstract

This note revisits the identification theorems of B. Brown (1983) and Roehrig (1988). We describe an error in the proofs of the main identification theorems in these papers, and provide an important counterexample to the theorems on the identification of the reduced form. Specifically, contrary to the theorems, the reduced form of a nonseparable simultaneous equations model is not identified even under the assumptions of those papers. We conclude the note with a conjecture that it may be possible to use classical exclusion restrictions to recover some of the key implications of the theorems.

Recommended Citation

Benkard, C. Lanier and Berry, Steven T., "On the Nonparametric Identification of Nonlinear Simultaneous Equations Models: Comment on B. Brown (1983) and Roehrig (1988)" (2004). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 1764.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cowles-discussion-paper-series/1764