CFDP 1676R
Inference for Parameters Defined by Moment Inequalities: A Recommended Moment Selection Procedure
Author(s):Publication Date: September 2008
Revision Date: August 2011
Pages: 26
Abstract:
This paper is concerned with tests and confidence intervals for parameters that are not necessarily identified and are defined by moment inequalities. In the literature, different test statistics, critical value methods, and implementation methods (i.e., the asymptotic distribution versus the bootstrap) have been proposed. In this paper, we compare these methods. We provide a recommended test statistic, moment selection critical value method, and implementation method. We provide data-dependent procedures for choosing the key moment selection tuning parameter kappa and a size-correction factor eta.
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Keywords:
Asymptotic size, Asymptotic power, Bootstrap, Confidence set, Generalized moment selection, Moment inequalities, Partial identification, Refined moment selection, Test, Unidentified parameter
JEL Classification Codes: C12, C15
See CFP: 1372
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