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A CONSISTENT SPECIFICATION TEST FOR SEMIPARAMETRIC MODELS
Category: Econometrics
SEMI- AND NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS I Sunday 25th August 2002, 14:30 - 16:00, Room: 5.9
Session Chair(s):
Carlo Fiorio, London School of Economics and STICERD, UNITED KINGDOM
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Abstract:
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This paper introduces a consistent specification test for
semiparametric conditional densities. This test is motivated by
the fact that many important econometric models need to be
estimated through maximum likelihood type procedures,
e.g.~semiparametric limited dependent variable models. This
specification is also important for prediction purposes. Our
statistic combines the methodology of goodness of fit tests and
nonparametric methods. It is shown to be asymptotically
distributed standard normal under the null hypothesis if the
semiparametric model is correctly specified. Further, the test is
shown to have power against $n^{-1/2}h^{-d/2}$ local alternatives
to the null hypothesis. We discuss practical issues for the
application statistics and illustrate in an intensive monte carlo
study both the feasibility and the performance of the procedure.
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