Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Nov, 2013, Volume 81, Issue 6

Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model

https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA10175
p. 2351-2379

Andrés Carvajal, Rahul Deb, James Fenske, John K.‐H. Quah

The aim of this paper is to develop revealed preference tests for Cournot equilibrium. The tests are akin to the widely used revealed preference tests for consumption, but have to take into account the presence of strategic interaction in a game‐theoretic setting. The tests take the form of linear programs, the solutions to which also allow us to recover cost information on the firms. To check that these nonparametric tests are sufficiently discriminating to reject real data, we apply them to the market for crude oil.


Log In To View Full Content

Supplemental Material

Supplement to "Revealed Preference Tests of the Cournot Model"

This zip file contains the replication files for the manuscript.