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If the elements of the choice set in a decision model involving randomness are not arbitrary, but restricted appropriately, an expected utility ordering of them can be represented by a mean standard deviation ranking function. These restrictions can apply to the form of, or can specify...
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We propose a new regression method to estimate the impact of explanatory variables on quantiles of the unconditional … (marginal) distribution of an outcome variable. The proposed method consists of running a regression of the (recentered …, as well as policy effects, can be estimated using our regression approach. We propose three different regression …
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Standard sufficient conditions for identification in the regression discontinuity design are continuity of the …
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regression of Y onto X in a subpopulation homogenous in W = w (formally a conditional linear predictor). Let b<sub>0</sub> (w) be … the coefficient vector on X in this regression. We introduce a semiparametrically efficient estimate of the average β … methods of semiparametric regression (e.g., the partially linear regression model) …
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When the endogenous variable enters the structural equation non-parametrically the linear Instrumental Variable (IV) estimator is no longer consistent. Non-parametric IV (NPIV) can be used but it requires one to impose restrictions during estimation to make the problem well-posed. The...
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We study nonparametric regression in a setting where N(N-1) dyadic outcomes are observed for N randomly sampled units … sets of results. First, we calculate lower bounds on the minimax risk for estimating the regression function at (i) a point … analog of the familiar Nadaraya-Watson (NW) kernel regression estimator. We show that the NW kernel regression estimator …
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We consider the estimation of a semiparametric location-scale model subject to endogenous selection, in the absence of an instrument or a large support regressor. Identification relies on the independence between the covariates and selection, for arbitrarily large values of the outcome. In this...
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This paper is about the nonparametric regression of a choice variable on a nonlinear budget set under utility … budget sets make this regression three dimensional with a more parsimonious specification than previously derived. We show … restrictions of utility maximization on the budget set regression and show how to check these restrictions in applications. We …
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This paper studies asymmetry in economic activity over the business cycle. It develops a tractable multisector model of the economy in which complementarity across inputs causes aggregate activity to be left skewed with countercyclical volatility. We then examine implications of the model...
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We propose methods for constructing regularized mixtures of density forecasts. We explore a variety of objectives and regularization penalties, and we use them in a substantive exploration of Eurozone inflation and real interest rate density forecasts. All individual inflation forecasters (even...
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