Econometrica

Journal Of The Econometric Society

An International Society for the Advancement of Economic
Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics

Edited by: Guido W. Imbens • Print ISSN: 0012-9682 • Online ISSN: 1468-0262

Econometrica: Mar, 1992, Volume 60, Issue 2

Nonparametric and Districtuion-Free Estimation of the Binary Threshold Crossing and The Binary Choice Models

https://doi.org/0012-9682(199203)60:2<239:NADEOT>2.0.CO;2-M
p. 239-270

Rosa L. Matzkin

In this paper, it is shown that it is possible to identify binary threshold crossing models and binary choice models without imposing any parametric structure either on the systematic function of observable exogenous variables or on the distribution of the random term. This identification result is employed to develop a fully nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator for both the function of observable exogenous variables and the distribution of the random term. The estimator is shown to be strongly consistent, and a two step procedure for its calculation is developed. The paper also includes examples of economic models that satisfy the conditions that are necessary to apply the results.


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