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Monte Carlo tests with nuisance parameters: a general approach to finite-sample inference and non-standard asymptotics

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Jean-Marie Dufour ()

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The technique of Monte Carlo (MC) tests [Dwass (1957), Barnard (1963)] provides an attractive method of building exact tests from statistics whose finite sample distribution is intractable but can be simulated (provided it does not involve nuisance parameters). We extend this method in two ways: first, by allowing for MC tests based on exchangeable possibly discrete test statistics; second, by generalizing the method to statistics whose null distributions involve nuisance parameters (maximized MC tests, MMC). Simplified asymptotically justified versions of the MMC method are also proposed and it is shown that they provide a simple way of improving standard asymptotics and dealing with nonstandard asymptotics (e.g., unit root asymptotics). Parametric bootstrap tests may be interpreted as a simplified version of the MMC method (without the general validity properties of the latter).

La technique des tests de Monte Carlo ((MC; Dwass (1957), Barnard (1963)) constitue une méthode attrayante qui permet de construire des tests exacts fondés sur des statistiques dont la distribution exacte est difficile à calculer par des méthodes analytiques mais peut être simulée, pourvu que cette distribution ne dépende pas de paramètres de nuisance. Nous généralisons cette méthode dans deux directions: premièrement, en considérant le cas où le test de Monte Carlo est construit à partir de réplications échangeables d’une variable aléatoire dont la distribution peut comporter des discontinuités; deuxièmement, en étendant la méthode à des statistiques dont la distribution dépend de paramètres de nuisance (tests de Monte Carlo maximisés, MMC). Nous proposons aussi des versions simplifiées de la procédure MMC, qui ne sont valides qu’asymptotiquement mais fournissent néanmoins une méthode simple qui permet d’améliorer les approximations asymptotiques usuelles, en particulier dans des cas non standards (e.g., l’asymptotique en présence de racines unitaires). Nous montrons aussi que les tests basés sur la technique du bootstrap paramétrique peut s’interpréter comme une version simplifiée de la procédure MMC. Cette dernière fournit toutefois des tests asymptotiquement valides sous des conditions beaucoup plus générales que le bootstrap paramétrique.

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Keywords: Monte Carlo test; maximized monte Carlo test; finite sample test; exact test; nuisance parameter; bounds; bootstrap; parametric bootstrap; simulated annealing; asymptotics; nonstandard asymptotic distribution; test de Monte Carlo; test de Monte Carlo maximisé; test exact; test valide en échantillon fini; paramètre de nuisance; bornes; bootstrap; bootstrap paramétrique; recuit simulé; distribution asymptotique non standard;

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  1. Dufour, Jean-Marie & Kiviet, Jan F., 1996. "Exact tests for structural change in first-order dynamic models," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 70(1), pages 39-68, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Kiviet, Jan F. & Dufour, Jean-Marie, 1997. "Exact tests in single equation autoregressive distributed lag models," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 80(2), pages 325-353, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  3. McFadden, Daniel, 1989. "A Method of Simulated Moments for Estimation of Discrete Response Models without Numerical Integration," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 57(5), pages 995-1026, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Stinchcombe, Maxwell B & White, Halbert, 1992. "Some Measurability Results for Extrema of Random Functions over Random Sets," Review of Economic Studies, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 59(3), pages 495-514, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Lynda Khalaf & Jean-Marie Dufour, 2004. "Simulation-Based Finite-Sample Inference in Simultaneous Equations," Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings 239, Econometric Society. [Downloadable!]
  6. Joel L. Horowitz, 1996. "Bootstrap Methods in Econometrics: Theory and Numerical Performance," Econometrics 9602009, EconWPA, revised 05 Mar 1996. [Downloadable!]
  7. Dufour, Jean-Marie, 1989. "Nonlinear Hypotheses, Inequality Restrictions, and Non-nested Hypotheses: Exact Simultaneous Tests in Linear Regressions," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 57(2), pages 335-55, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  10. Goffe, William L. & Ferrier, Gary D. & Rogers, John, 1994. "Global optimization of statistical functions with simulated annealing," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 60(1-2), pages 65-99. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  12. Donald W. K. Andrews, 2000. "Inconsistency of the Bootstrap when a Parameter Is on the Boundary of the Parameter Space," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 68(2), pages 399-406, March.
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  14. Dufour, Jean-Marie & Jasiak, Joann, 2001. "Finite Sample Limited Information Inference Methods for Structural Equations and Models with Generated Regressors," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 42(3), pages 815-43, August.
  15. Jean-Marie Dufour & Abdeljelil Farhat & Lucien Gardiol & Lynda Khalaf, 1998. "Simulation-based finite sample normality tests in linear regressions," Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 1(Conferenc), pages C154-C173.
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  17. Dufour, Jean-Marie, 1990. "Exact Tests and Confidence Sets in Linear Regressions with Autocorrelated Errors," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 58(2), pages 475-94, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  18. Campbell, Bryan & Dufour, Jean-Marie, 1997. "Exact Nonparametric Tests of Orthogonality and Random Walk in the Presence of a Drift Parameter," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 38(1), pages 151-73, February.
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  19. Jean-Marie Dufour & Jan F. Kiviet, 1998. "Exact Inference Methods for First-Order Autoregressive Distributed Lag Models," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 66(1), pages 79-104, January.
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  20. Tauchen, George E. & Gallant, A. Ronald, 1995. "Which Moments to Match," Working Papers 95-20, Duke University, Department of Economics.
  21. DUFOUR, Jean-Marie & JOUINI, Tarek, 2005. "Finite-Sample Simulation-Based Inference in VAR Models with Applications to Order Selection and Causality Testing," Cahiers de recherche 2005-12, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques. [Downloadable!]
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