Download or read book Identification and Estimation of Nonseparable Single index Models in Panel Data with Correlated Random Effects written by Pavel Čížek and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Identification and Estimation of irregular Correlated Random Coefficient Models written by Bryan S. Graham and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we study identification and estimation of the causal effect of a small change in an endogenous regressor on a continuously-valued outcome of interest using panel data. We focus on the average partial effect (APE) over the full population distribution of unobserved heterogeneity (e.g., Chamberlain, 1984; Blundell and Powell, 2003; Wooldridge, 2005a). In our basic model the outcome of interest varies linearly with a (scalar) regressor, but with an intercept and slope coefficient that may vary across units and over time in a way which depends on the regressor. This model is a special case of Chamberlain's (1980b, 1982, 1992a) correlated random coefficients (CRC) model, but not does not satisfy the regularity conditions he imposes. Irregularity, while precluding estimation at parametric rates, does not result in a loss of identification under mild smoothness conditions. We show how two measures of the outcome and regressor for each unit are sufficient for identification of the APE as well as aggregate time trends. We identify aggregate trends using units with a zero first difference in the regressor or, in the language of Chamberlain (1980b, 1982), 'stayers' and the average partial effect using units with non-zero first differences or 'movers'. We discuss extensions of our approach to models with multiple regressors and more than two time periods. We use our methods to estimate the average elasticity of calorie consumption with respect to total outlay for a sample of poor Nicaraguan households (cf., Strauss and Thomas, 1995; Subramanian and Deaton, 1996). Our CRC average elasticity estimate declines with total outlay more sharply than its parametric counterpart.
Download or read book Essays on Nonparametric Structural Econometrics written by Zhutong Gu and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My dissertation contains three papers in the theory and applications of nonparametric structural econometrics. In chapter 1, I propose a nonparametric test for additive separability of unobservables of unrestricted dimensions with average structural functions. Chapter 2 considers identification and estimation of fully nonparametric production functions and empirically tests for the Hicks-neutral productivity shocks, a direct application of the test proposed in chapter 1. In chapter 3, my authors and I study the semiparametric ordered response models with correlated unobserved thresholds and investigate the issue of corporate bond rating biases due to the sharing of common investors between bond-issuing firms and credit rating agencies. Brief abstracts are presented in order below. Additive separability between observables and unobservables is one of the essential properties in structural modeling of heterogeneity in the presence of endogeneity. In this chapter, I propose an easy-to-compute test based on empirical quantile mean differences between the average structural functions (ASFs) generated by nonparametric nonseparable and separable models with unrestricted heterogeneity. Given identification, I establish conditions under which structural additivity can be linked to the equality of ASFs derived from the two commonly employed competing specifications. I estimate the reduced form regressions by Nadaraya-Watson estimators and control for the asymptotic bias. I show that the asymptotic test statistic follows a central Chi-squred distribution under the null hypothesis and has power against a sequence of root N-local alternatives. The proposed test statistic works well in a series of finite sample simulations with analytic variances, alleviating the computational burden often involved in bootstrapped inferences. I also show that the test can be straightforwardly extended to semiparametric models, panel data and triangular simultaneous equations frameworks. Hicks-neutral technology implies the substitution pattern of labor and capital in a production function is not affected by technological shocks, first put forth by John Hicks in 1932. In this chapter, I consider the identification and estimation of fully nonparametric firm-level production functions and empirically test the Hicks-neutral productivity in the U.S. manufacturing industry during the period from 1990 to 2011. Firstly, I extend the proxy variable approach to fully nonparametric settings and propose a robust estimator of average output elasticities in non-Hick-neutral scenarios. Secondly, I show that the Hicks-neutral restriction can be converted to the additive separability between inputs and unobservables in a monotonic transformed model for which the proposed testing procedure can be directly applied. It turns out that there is substantial heterogeneity in the nonparametric output elasticities over various counterfactual input amounts. I also find that there were periods in the 90s when the non-Hicks technological shocks occur which coincide with the mass adoption of computing technology. However, the productivity has thereafter become Hicks-neutral into the 2000s. Controlling for sector-specific effects mitigate the non-Hicks-neutrality to some extend. Previous literature on bond rating indicates that credit rating agencies (CRAs) may assign favorable ratings to bond-issuing firms that have a closer relationship. This not only implies the existence of firm-specific unobserved heterogeneity in the rating criteria but also makes some bond/firm characteristics endogenous, which is confirmed by our empirical results. In this chapter, my coauthors and I propose a semiparametric two-step index and location estimator of ordered response models that explicitly incorporates endogenous regressors and correlated random thresholds. We apply our model in the application of assessing bond rating bias of credit rating agencies. Methodologically, we first show that the heterogeneous relative thresholds can be identified using conditional shift restrictions in conjunction with the control variables for the firm-CRA liaison. Then, we illustrate the estimation strategy in a heuristic manner and derive the asymptotic properties of the suggested estimator. In the application, we find significant overrating bias through varying thresholds as the liaison strengthens and those biases display heterogeneous patterns with respect to rating categories.
Download or read book Handbook of Econometrics written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-11-25 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook of Econometrics, Volume 7A, examines recent advances in foundational issues and "hot" topics within econometrics, such as inference for moment inequalities and estimation of high dimensional models. With its world-class editors and contributors, it succeeds in unifying leading studies of economic models, mathematical statistics and economic data. Our flourishing ability to address empirical problems in economics by using economic theory and statistical methods has driven the field of econometrics to unimaginable places. By designing methods of inference from data based on models of human choice behavior and social interactions, econometricians have created new subfields now sufficiently mature to require sophisticated literature summaries. Presents a broader and more comprehensive view of this expanding field than any other handbook Emphasizes the connection between econometrics and economics Highlights current topics for which no good summaries exist
Download or read book Panel Data Econometrics written by Mike Tsionas and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panel Data Econometrics: Theory introduces econometric modelling. Written by experts from diverse disciplines, the volume uses longitudinal datasets to illuminate applications for a variety of fields, such as banking, financial markets, tourism and transportation, auctions, and experimental economics. Contributors emphasize techniques and applications, and they accompany their explanations with case studies, empirical exercises and supplementary code in R. They also address panel data analysis in the context of productivity and efficiency analysis, where some of the most interesting applications and advancements have recently been made. Provides a vast array of empirical applications useful to practitioners from different application environments Accompanied by extensive case studies and empirical exercises Includes empirical chapters accompanied by supplementary code in R, helping researchers replicate findings Represents an accessible resource for diverse industries, including health, transportation, tourism, economic growth, and banking, where researchers are not always econometrics experts
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science written by and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-06-26 with total page 10398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia provides an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the concepts of complexity theory together with the tools and measures for analyzing complex systems in all fields of science and engineering. It links fundamental concepts of mathematics and computational sciences to applications in the physical sciences, engineering, biomedicine, economics and the social sciences.
Download or read book Advances in Economics and Econometrics written by Econometric Society. World Congress and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-20 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text
Download or read book Spatial Econometrics written by J. Paul Elhorst and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of three generations of spatial econometric models: models based on cross-sectional data, static models based on spatial panels and dynamic spatial panel data models. The book not only presents different model specifications and their corresponding estimators, but also critically discusses the purposes for which these models can be used and how their results should be interpreted.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Panel Data written by Badi Hani Baltagi and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Panel Data examines new developments in the theory and applications of panel data. It includes basic topics like non-stationary panels, co-integration in panels, multifactor panel models, panel unit roots, measurement error in panels, incidental parameters and dynamic panels, spatial panels, nonparametric panel data, random coefficients, treatment effects, sample selection, count panel data, limited dependent variable panel models, unbalanced panel models with interactive effects and influential observations in panel data. Contributors to the Handbook explore applications of panel data to a wide range of topics in economics, including health, labor, marketing, trade, productivity, and macro applications in panels. This Handbook is an informative and comprehensive guide for both those who are relatively new to the field and for those wishing to extend their knowledge to the frontier. It is a trusted and definitive source on panel data, having been edited by Professor Badi Baltagi-widely recognized as one of the foremost econometricians in the area of panel data econometrics. Professor Baltagi has successfully recruited an all-star cast of experts for each of the well-chosen topics in the Handbook.
Download or read book Nonparametric Instrumental Regression written by Serge Darolles and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The focus of the paper is the nonparametric estimation of an instrumental regression function f defined by conditional moment restrictions stemming from a structural econometric model: E [Y - f (Z) | W] = 0, and involving endogenous variables Y and Z and instruments W. The function f is the solution of an ill-posed inverse problem and we propose an estimation procedure based on Tikhonov regularization. The paper analyses identification and overidentification of this model and presents asymptotic properties of the estimated nonparametric instrumental regression function.
Download or read book Estimation of Spatial Panels written by Lung-fei Lee and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimation of Spatial Panels provides some recent developments on the specification and estimation of spatial panel models.
Download or read book Panel Data Econometrics written by Badi H. Baltagi and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume includes some of the papers presented at the 11th International Conference on Panel Data, Texas, June 2004, and other solicited papers that passed the refereeing process and includes such topics as dynamic panel data estimation, non-linear panel data methods and the phenomenal growth in non-stationary panel data econometrics.
Download or read book Theory of Random Sets written by Ilya Molchanov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-05-11 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first systematic exposition of random sets theory since Matheron (1975), with full proofs, exhaustive bibliographies and literature notes Interdisciplinary connections and applications of random sets are emphasized throughout the book An extensive bibliography in the book is available on the Web at http://liinwww.ira.uka.de/bibliography/math/random.closed.sets.html, and is accompanied by a search engine
Download or read book Spatial Microeconometrics written by Giuseppe Arbia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-25 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spatial Microeconometrics introduces the reader to the basic concepts of spatial statistics, spatial econometrics and the spatial behavior of economic agents at the microeconomic level. Incorporating useful examples and presenting real data and datasets on real firms, the book takes the reader through the key topics in a systematic way. The book outlines the specificities of data that represent a set of interacting individuals with respect to traditional econometrics that treat their locational choices as exogenous and their economic behavior as independent. In particular, the authors address the consequences of neglecting such important sources of information on statistical inference and how to improve the model predictive performances. The book presents the theory, clarifies the concepts and instructs the readers on how to perform their own analyses, describing in detail the codes which are necessary when using the statistical language R. The book is written by leading figures in the field and is completely up to date with the very latest research. It will be invaluable for graduate students and researchers in economic geography, regional science, spatial econometrics, spatial statistics and urban economics.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Applied Nonparametric and Semiparametric Econometrics and Statistics written by Jeffrey Racine and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, edited by Jeffrey Racine, Liangjun Su, and Aman Ullah, contains the latest research on nonparametric and semiparametric econometrics and statistics. Chapters by leading international econometricians and statisticians highlight the interface between econometrics and statistical methods for nonparametric and semiparametric procedures.
Download or read book Nonparametric Functional Estimation written by B. L. S. Prakasa Rao and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonparametric Functional Estimation is a compendium of papers, written by experts, in the area of nonparametric functional estimation. This book attempts to be exhaustive in nature and is written both for specialists in the area as well as for students of statistics taking courses at the postgraduate level. The main emphasis throughout the book is on the discussion of several methods of estimation and on the study of their large sample properties. Chapters are devoted to topics on estimation of density and related functions, the application of density estimation to classification problems, and the different facets of estimation of distribution functions. Statisticians and students of statistics and engineering will find the text very useful.
Download or read book Microeconometrics written by Steven Durlauf and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-07 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specially selected from The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 2nd edition, each article within this compendium covers the fundamental themes within the discipline and is written by a leading practitioner in the field. A handy reference tool.
