diff --git a/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs1.tex b/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs1.tex index 98f4297..d107a81 100644 --- a/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs1.tex +++ b/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs1.tex @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ \begin{itemize} \item Solve a dynamic programming problem like in Cabral (2008). \item If we have just auto-correlation and no switching costs, there is NO harvesting incentive. -\item If we have switching costs than there is. +\item If we have switching costs than there is (SOMETHING MISSING HERE). \item Very small switching costs can make markets MORE competitive. \end{itemize} diff --git a/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs2.tex b/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs2.tex index 8c05a00..260cd16 100644 --- a/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs2.tex +++ b/Week 12-Persistence and Switching Costs/switching_costs2.tex @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Use what Einav, Finkelstein, and Levin (2010) call a ``realized'' empirical utility model and assume that $U_{kjt}$ has the following von-Neuman Morgenstern (v-NM) expected utility formulation \begin{align*} U_{k j t}&=\int_{0}^{\infty} u_{k}\left(W_{k}, O O P, P_{k j t}, 1_{k j, t-1}\right) f_{k j t}(O O P) d O O P\\ -u_{k}(x)&=-\frac{1}{\gamma_{k}\left(\symbf{X}_{k}^{A}\right)} e^{-\gamma_{k}\left(\symbf{x}_{k}^{A}\right)_{x}} +u_{k}(x)&=-\frac{1}{\gamma_{k}\left(\symbf{X}_{k}^{A}\right)} e^{-\gamma_{k}\left(\symbf{x}_{k}^{A}\right) \cdot {x}} \end{align*} \begin{itemize} \item $k$ is a family unit, $j$ is an insurance plan, $t$ is a year $(t_0,t_1,t_2)$. @@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ \item $P_{k j t}$ is the price for insurance plan $j$ to family $k$. \item $OOP$ is a draw from the distribution of $f(OOP)$ expenses: depends on the plan. \item $\eta\left(\symbf{X}_{k t}^{B}, Y_{k}\right) 1_{k j, t-1}$ is the switching cost which depends on demographics $\symbf{X}_{k t}^{B}$. -\item $\delta_{k}(Y_k)$ is the family specific intercept for high-deductible plan $(Y_k)$ is family dummy. +\item $\delta_{k}(Y_k)$ is the family specific intercept for high-deductible plan $(Y_k)$ is family dummy (ie., unit $k$ is family or single). \item $\alpha H_{k, t-1} 1_{250}$ is interaction between 90th percentile spenders and most generous plan. \end{itemize} \end{frame} @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ \item Switching costs:% \begin{align*} -\eta (X_{k}^{B},Y_{k})=\eta _{0}+\eta _{1}X_{kt}^{B}+\eta _{2}Y_{k} +\eta (X_{kt}^{B},Y_{k})=\eta _{0}+\eta _{1}X_{kt}^{B}+\eta _{2}Y_{k} \end{align*} \item Probit error, $\varepsilon _{kjt}$ distributed iid with parms $(\mu @@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ \item What is a switching cost? \begin{itemize} \item Transaction costs (then SC=0 when no switch) -\item Learning costs - effort needed to learn about new planŐs features. +\item Learning costs - effort needed to learn about new planĂ•s features. \item Product compatibility - important if network changes (need to make new relationship-specific investments) \item Fixed re-optimization costs - some cost to changing beliefs from status quo \item Inertial and psychological costs