We propose an econometric procedure to test for the presence of overconfidence using data collected by ranking experiments. Our approach applies the techniques from the moment inequality literature. Although a ranking experiment is a typical way to collect data for the analysis of...

This dissertation consists of three chapters, each of which proposes methods to deal with the "many moments" problem in a different model. Chapter I develops shrinkage methods for solving the "many moments" problem in the context of instrumental variable estimation. The procedure can be...