Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Manuel Santos Author-Email: Manuel.Santos@asu.edu Author-Homepage: http://wpcarey.asu.edu/Directory/stafffaculty.cfm?cobid=1039501 Author-Workplace-Name: W. P. Carey School of Business Department of Economics Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://wpcarey.asu.edu/ecn/ Title: Estimation by Simulation of Monotone Dynamical Systems Abstract: This paper offers a general proof of consistency for the simulated moments estimator in a parameterized family of stochastic models with monotone dynamics. Models with this monotonicity property are frequently encountered in economic applications. The proof of consistency of the estimator draws upon a uniform law of large numbers over a continuum of invariant distributions indexed by the model’s parameters. Classification-JEL: Keywords: File-URL:http://wpcarey.asu.edu/tools/mytools/pubs_admin/FILES/monotone decison journal.pdf File-Format: pdf File-Restriction: File-Function: File-Size: Handle: RePec:asu:wpaper:2133542