Identification in Some Discrete Choice Models: A Computational Approach
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This paper presents an algorithm that generates the conditional moment inequalities that characterize the identified set of the common parameter of various semi-parametric panel multinomial choice models. I consider both static and dynamic models, and consider various weak stochastic restrictions on the distribution of observed and unobserved components of the models. For a broad class of such stochastic restrictions, the paper demonstrates that the inequalities characterizing the identified set of the common parameter can be obtained as solutions of multiple objective linear programs (MOLPs), thereby transforming the task of finding these inequalities into a purely computational problem. The algorithm that I provide reproduces many well-known results, including the conditional moment inequalities derived in Manski 1987, Pakes and Porter 2023, and Khan, Ponomareva, and Tamer 2023. Moreover, I use the algorithm to generate some new results, by providing characterizations of the identified set in some cases that were left open in Pakes and Porter 2023 and Khan, Ponomareva, and Tamer 2023, as well as characterizations of the identified set under alternative stochastic restrictions.
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