Optimal sup-norm rates and uniform inference on nonlinear functionals of nonparametric IV regression
非参数工具变量回归的最优上确界范数收敛率与非线性泛函一致推断
This paper makes several important contributions to the literature about nonparametric instrumental variables (NPIV) estimation and inference on a structural function h0 and functionals of h0. First, we derive sup‐norm convergence rates for computationally simple sieve NPIV (series two‐stage least squares) estimators of h0 and its derivatives. Second, we derive a lower bound that describes the best possible (minimax) sup‐norm rates of estimating h0 and its derivatives, and…