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聚类抽样下的非参数回归AI 解读

This paper develops a general asymptotic theory for nonparametric kernel regression in the presence of cluster dependence. We examine nonparametric density estimation, Nadaraya–Watson kernel regression, and local linear estimation. Our theory accommodates growing and heterogeneous cluster sizes. We derive asymptotic conditional bias and variance, establish uniform consistency, and prove asymptotic normality. Our findings reveal that under heterogeneous cluster sizes, the…

结构周期向量自回归AI 解读

While seasonality inherent to raw macroeconomic data is commonly removed by seasonal adjustment techniques before it is used for structural inference, this may distort valuable information in the data. As an alternative method to commonly used structural vector autoregressions (SVARs) for seasonally adjusted data, we propose to model potential periodicity in seasonally unadjusted (raw) data directly by structural periodic vector autoregressions (SPVARs). This approach does…

日内波动率曲线形状变化的在线检测AI 解读

We devise an on-line detector for temporal instability in the shape of average intraday volatility curves under a general semimartingale setup for the price-volatility dynamics. We adopt a block-based strategy to estimate volatility nonparametrically from the intraday observations over local time windows with asymptotically shrinking size. Our detector then tracks sequential changes in running means of the intraday volatility curve estimates. Asymptotic size and power…

含弱因子的高维因子分析AI 解读

This paper studies the principal components (PC) estimator for high dimensional approximate factor models with weak factors in that the factor loading ( Λ 0 ) scales sublinearly in the number N of cross-section units, i.e., Λ 0 ⊤ Λ 0 / N α is positive definite in the limit for some α ∈ ( 0 , 1 ) . While the consistency and asymptotic normality of these estimates are by now well known when the factors are strong, i.e., α = 1 , the statistical properties for weak factors…

提高基于矩条件检验的功效AI 解读

This paper shows how to increase the power of the Hansen (1982) test for the case where only a subset of the exclusion restrictions is used. The ‘ignored’ exclusion restrictions are used to derive a new estimator for the covariance matrix, which has a different probability limit than the usual one when the model is false. If the null hypothesis is true, then the proposed test has the same distribution as the existing ones in large samples. If the hypothesis is false, then…

社会溢出下隔离效应的非参数测量AI 解读

In this paper we nonparametrically analyze the effects of reallocating individuals across social groups in the presence of social spillovers. Individuals are either 'high' or 'low' types. Own outcomes may vary with the fraction of high types in one's social group. We characterize the average outcome and inequality effects of small increases in segregation by type. We also provide a measure of average spillover strength. We generalize the setup used by Benabou (1996) and…

通过迭代凸优化估计高维单调指标模型AI 解读

In this paper we propose new approaches to estimating large dimensional monotone index models. This class of models has been popular in the applied and theoretical econometrics literatures as it includes discrete choice, nonparametric transformation, and duration models. A main advantage of our approach is computational. For instance, rank estimation procedures such as those proposed in [13] and [7] that optimize a nonsmooth, nonconvex objective function are difficult to use…

随机效用模型中的非线性预算集回归：理论与应税收入应用AI 解读

This paper is about the nonparametric regression of a choice variable on a nonlinear budget set under utility maximization with general heterogeneity, i.e. in the random utility model (RUM). We show that utility maximization and convex budget sets make this regression three dimensional with a more parsimonious specification than previously derived. We show that nonconvexities in the budget set will have little effect on these results in important cases. We characterize all…

非线性半参数面板模型中偏效应的识别与估计AI 解读

Average partial effects (APEs) are often not point identified in panel models with unrestricted unobserved individual heterogeneity, such as a binary response panel model with fixed effects and logistic errors as a special case. This lack of point identification occurs despite the identification of these models' common coefficients. We provide a unified framework to establish the point identification of various partial effects in a wide class of nonlinear semiparametric…

密度加权平均导数估计量的小带宽渐近理论的高阶改进AI 解读

The density weighted average derivative (DWAD) of a regression function is a canonical parameter of interest in economics. Classical first-order large sample distribution theory for kernel-based DWAD estimators relies on tuning parameter restrictions and model assumptions that imply an asymptotic linear representation of the point estimator. These conditions can be restrictive, and the resulting distributional approximation may not be representative of the actual sampling…

高维线性回归中低维参数推断的正交投影方法AI 解读

We consider the estimation and statistical inference for low dimensional parameters for a regression model with covariates whose dimension increases with sample size. We suggest a computationally simple one stage orthogonal projection approach to estimate the low dimensional parameters under strict or approximate sparsity conditions. The orthogonal projection approach is simple to implement and the inference for the low dimensional parameters is straightforward to derive…

过滤非平稳成分后的半参数动态 Copula 模型改进估计AI 解读

This paper considers estimation of short-run dynamics in time series that contain a nonstationary component. We assume that appropriate preliminary methods can be applied to the observed time series to separate short-run elements from long-run slowly evolving secular components, and focus on estimation of the short-run dynamics based on the filtered data. We use a flexible copula-generated Markov model to capture the nonlinear temporal dependence in the short-run component…

双边关系模型中遗漏异质性的检验AI 解读

We develop a Lagrange Multiplier (LM) test of neglected heterogeneity in dyadic models. The test statistic is derived by modifying Breusch and Pagan (1980)’s test. We establish the asymptotic distribution of the test statistic under the null using a novel martingale construction. We also consider the power of the LM test in generic panel models. Even though the test is motivated by random effects, we show that it has a power for detecting fixed effects as well. Finally, we…

利用删失选择分位数回归估计英国工资不平等AI 解读

Arellano and Bonhomme (2017) proposed a quantile selection model to study the evolution of wage inequality in the UK, which specifies a binary selection equation and requires an exclusion restriction. In this paper we propose a quantile selection model with a more informative censored selection equation. Following Heckman (1974, 1979), Heckman and Sedlacek (1990), and Blundell et al. (2003), among others, the employment selection equation could be equivalently modeled by an…

非参数回归中的相变AI 解读

When the unknown regression function of a single variable is known to have derivatives up to the (γ+1)th order bounded in absolute values by a common constant everywhere or a.e. (i.e., (γ+1)th degree of smoothness), the minimax optimal rate of the mean integrated squared error (MISE) is stated as 1n2γ+22γ+3 in the literature. This paper shows that: (i) if n≤γ+12γ+3, the minimax optimal MISE rate is lognnlog(logn) and the optimal degree of smoothness to exploit is roughly…

非线性面板模型中时变反事实参数的识别AI 解读

We develop a general framework for the identification of counterfactual parameters in a class of nonlinear semiparametric panel models with fixed effects and time effects. Our method applies to models for discrete outcomes (e.g., two-way fixed effects binary choice) or continuous outcomes (e.g., censored regression), with discrete or continuous regressors. Our results do not require parametric assumptions on the error terms or time-homogeneity on the outcome equation. Our…

损失厌恶与政策干预的福利排序AI 解读

This paper develops theoretical criteria and econometric methods to rank policy interventions in terms of welfare when individuals are loss-averse. Our new criterion for “loss aversion-sensitive dominance” defines a weak partial ordering of the distributions of policy-induced gains and losses. It applies to the class of welfare functions which model individual preferences with non-decreasing and loss-averse attitudes towards changes in outcomes. We also develop new…

低噪声动态因子模型中 EM 算法的缓慢收敛AI 解读

ABSTRACT This paper addresses the slow convergence of the expectation–maximization (EM) algorithm in the estimation of low‐noise dynamic factor models, commonly used in macroeconomic nowcasting and forecasting. We show analytically and in Monte Carlo simulations how the EM algorithm stagnates in a low‐noise environment, leading to inaccurate estimates of factor loadings and factor realizations. An adaptive version of EM considerably speeds up convergence, producing…

差分带来的差异：观测冲击的局部投影应使用水平还是差分？AI 解读

ABSTRACT We show there are large finite‐sample estimation improvements from estimating local projections (LP) in a cumulated differences (long‐differenced) specification vs. a specification in levels when the impulse response of interest is to an externally identified (“observed”) shock. The long‐differenced specification substantially reduces, and in many cases eliminates, estimation bias, as well as significantly improves confidence interval coverage. These improvements…

非线性 DSGE 模型的有限样本识别稳健推断AI 解读

ABSTRACT We develop identification‐robust likelihood‐free simultaneous confidence sets for dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models, without relying on linear approximations. Our methodology integrates simulation estimation methods using auxiliary statistics with Monte Carlo test principles. Results cover deep parameters and impulse responses. Auxiliary statistics include coefficients of linear and nonlinear vector autoregressions and local projections. Proposed…

基于局部投影的双重差分方法AI 解读

ABSTRACT We propose a local projections (LPs)‐based difference‐in‐differences (DiD) approach that subsumes many of the recent solutions proposed in the literature to address possible biases arising from negative weighting. We combine LPs with a flexible “clean control” condition to define appropriate sets of treated and control units. Our proposed LP‐DiD estimator can be implemented with various weighting and normalization schemes for different target estimands, can be…

双重差分因果森林及其在挪威工资税负担归宿中的应用AI 解读

ABSTRACT This paper introduces the difference‐in‐difference causal forest (DiDCF) method, which extends the causal‐forest technique for estimating heterogeneous treatment effects to settings with dynamic treatment effects. Regular causal forests require independence between treatment assignment and the outcome variable (after conditioning out observables). In contrast, DiDCFs provide consistent estimates with a parallel trend assumption. DiDCFs can be used to create…

利用部分网络数据估计同伴效应AI 解读

Abstract We study the estimation of peer effects through social networks when researchers do not observe the entire network structure. Special cases include sampled networks, censored networks, and misclassified links. We assume that researchers can obtain a consistent estimator of the distribution of the network. We show that this assumption is sufficient for estimating peer effects using a linear-in-means model. We provide an empirical application to the study of peer…

加性模型下异质处理效应估计量的模型平均AI 解读

We consider spline-based additive models for estimation of conditional treatment effects. To handle the uncertainty due to variable selection, we propose a method of model averaging with weights obtained by minimizing a J -fold cross-validation criterion, in which a nearest neighbor matching is used to approximate the unobserved potential outcomes. We show that the proposed method is asymptotically optimal in the sense of achieving the lowest possible squared loss in some…