Robust inference in deconvolution
Kotlarski's identity has been widely used in applied economic research based on repeated‐measurement or panel models with latent variables. However, how to conduct inference for these models has been an open question for two decades. This paper addresses this open problem by constructing a novel confidence band for the density function of a latent variable in repeated measurement error model. The confidence band builds on our finding that we can rewrite Kotlarski's identity as a system of linear moment restrictions. Our approach is robust in that we do not require the completeness. The confidence band controls the asymptotic size uniformly over a class of data generating processes, and it is consistent against all fixed alternatives. Simulation studies support our theoretical results.
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2021
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Authors: | Kato, Kengo ; Sasaki, Yuya ; Ura, Takuya |
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Quantitative Economics. - The Econometric Society, ISSN 1759-7323, ZDB-ID 2569569-1. - Vol. 12.2021, 1, p. 109-142
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The Econometric Society |
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