A survey of some recent applications of optimal transport methods to econometrics

2017/01/12 by Alfred Galichon · 19 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Econometric analysis #Econometric model #Economic theories and models #Estimation #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #Mathematical model #Transportation Planning and Optimization #econ.GN #q-fin.EC

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/ectj.12083

published in Econometrics Journal 20(2), C1-C11 (Oxford University Press)

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Abstract

This paper surveys recent applications of methods from the theory of optimal transport to econometric problems.

Citations

• Topics in Optimal Transportation
• The Construction of Utility Functions from Expenditure Data
• Mathematical Methods of Organizing and Planning Production
• Estimating Discrete-Choice Models of Product Differentiation