Semi-parametric indirect inference

Dridi, Ramdan and Renault, Eric (2000) Semi-parametric indirect inference. EM, 392. Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.

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Abstract

We develop in this paper a generalization of the Indirect Inference (II) to semi-parametric settings and termed Semi-parametric Indirect Inference (SII). We introduce a new notion of Partial Encompassing which lays the emphasis on Pseudo True Values of Interest. The main difference with the older notion of encompassing is that some components of the pseudo-true value of interest associated with the structural parameters do correspond to true unknown values. This enables us to produce a theory of robust estimation despite mis-specifications in the structural model being used as a simulator. We also provide the asymptotic probability distributions of our SII estimators as well as Wald Encompassing Tests (WET) and advocate the use of Hausman type tests on the required assumptions for the consistency of the SII estimators. We illustrate our theory with examples based on semi-parametric stochastic volatility models.

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 2000 the authors
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Indirect inference; partial encompassing; pseudo-true value of interest; structural models; instrumental models; Wald encompassing tests.
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
Journal of Economic Literature Classification System:	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 > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods: General > C15 - Statistical Simulation Methods; Monte Carlo Methods; Bootstrap Methods C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C5 - Econometric Modeling > C52 - Model Evaluation and Selection
Sets:	Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD)
Rights:	http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm
Identification Number:	392
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/6864/

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