Firms’ Beliefs and Learning: Models, Identification, and Empirical Evidence

B-Tier
Journal: Review of Industrial Organization
Year: 2020
Volume: 56
Issue: 2
Pages: 203-235

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

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Abstract

Abstract This paper reviews recent literature on structural models of oligopoly competition where firms have biased beliefs about the primitives of the model—e.g. demand, costs—or about the strategic behavior of other firms in the market. We describe different structural models that have been proposed to study this phenomenon and examine the approaches that have been used to identify firms’ beliefs. We discuss empirical results in recent studies and show that accounting for firms’ biased beliefs and learning can have important implications on our measures and interpretation of market efficiency.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:kap:revind:v:56:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s11151-019-09722-5
Journal Field
Industrial Organization
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-24