Bootstrap validity for the score test when instruments may be weak
Bootstrap validity for the score test when instruments may be weak
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当仪器可能较弱时,分数测试的引导有效性
DOI:
10.1016/j.jeconom.2008.10.008
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Gustavo A. Suarez
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作者:
Marcelo J. Moreira;J. Porter;Gustavo A. Suarez
It is well-known that size adjustments based on bootstrapping the t-statistic perform poorly when instruments are weakly correlated with the endogenous explanatory variable. In this paper, we provide a theoretical proof that guarantees the validity of the bootstrap for the score statistic. This theory does not follow from standard results, since the score statistic is not a smooth function of sample means and some parameters are not consistently estimable when the instruments are uncorrelated with the explanatory variable.