Asymptotic Normality of a Combined Regression Estimator
In this paper, we propose a combined regression estimator by using a parametric estimator and a nonparametric estimator of the regression function. The asymptotic distribution of this estimator is obtained for cases where the parametric regression model is correct, incorrect, and approximately correct. These distributional results imply that the combined estimator is superior to the kernel estimator in the sense that it can never do worse than the kernel estimator in terms of convergence rate and it has the same convergence rate as the parametric estimator in the case where the parametric model is correct. Unlike the parametric estimator, the combined estimator is robust to model misspecification. In addition, we also establish the asymptotic distribution of the estimator of the weight given to the parametric estimator in constructing the combined estimator. This can be used to construct consistent tests for the parametric regression model used to form the combined estimator.
Year of publication: |
1999
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Authors: | Fan, Yanqin ; Ullah, Aman |
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Journal of Multivariate Analysis. - Elsevier, ISSN 0047-259X. - Vol. 71.1999, 2, p. 191-240
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | asymptotic distribution convex combination kernel estimation model specification testing parametric estimation semiparametric estimation |
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