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A nonparametric regression estimator that adapts to error distribution of unknown form

Linton, Oliver and Xiao, Zhijie (2001) A nonparametric regression estimator that adapts to error distribution of unknown form. Econometrics; EM/2001/419 (EM/01/419). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

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Abstract

We propose a new estimator for nonparametric regression based on local likelihood estimation using an estimated error score function obtained from the residuals of a preliminary nonparametric regression. We show that our estimator is asymptotically equivalent to the infeasible local maximum likelihood estimator [Staniswalis (1989)], and hence improves on standard kernel estimators when the error distribution is not normal. We investigate the finite sample performance of our procedure on simulated data.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information: © 2001 the authors
Divisions: Financial Markets Group
STICERD
Economics
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
JEL classification: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General > C14 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General > C13 - Estimation
C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C2 - Econometric Methods: Single Equation Models; Single Variables > C24 - Truncated and Censored Models
Date Deposited: 27 Apr 2007
Last Modified: 13 Sep 2024 19:44
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/2120

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