With the availability of a rich data set, we will develop a new method of conducting structural analysis of ascending auctions under the simplest valuation paradigm, the symmetric IPV model. The data set allows us to adopt a nonparametric approach and make strong interpretation of observed bids,...

We propose a new strategy for a pervasive problem in the hedonics literature: recovering hedonic prices in the presence of time-varying correlated unobservables. Our approach relies on an assumption about home buyer rationality, under which prior sales prices can be used to control for...